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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Let's move on to another emperor. Hadrian introduced a large variety of busts on his coinage and there is a decent variety to be had on the bronze and silver coinage. Here is a sestertius (Meldercat mentioned that he has a liking for bronze issues). Obv:- IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, Laureate bust right with drapery on far shoulder, strap across chest from right to left shoulder Rev:- PONT MAX TR POT COS, FORT RED/S C in two lines in exergue, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopiae Minted in Rome. A.D. 117 Reference:-- BMCRE 1111. Cohen 751 var. (cuirassed). RIC II 541a var. (cuirassed). Quite a scarce coin.  Regards, Martin |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for sharing this. Anything Roman brightens my day and Hadrian was one of the more interesting of the Emperors.
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Valued Member
Canada
268 Posts |
Hi Martin, nice coin! Man I love coppers. I have a few Hadrians. I'll list for the group. If you have any coppers you want to sell or trade for silver let me know. Kieran (Meldercat).
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi Guys (and Gals). Here is a Hadrian Dupondius I'm having problem attributing. I have checked the usual sites and my Sear books. HELP! Thanks, Kieran   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
It looks like Felicitas, making it FELICITAS AVGVSTI, to me and there is a match in RIC - 598b (Radiate draped bust) and 598c (Radiate draped and cuirassed bust) match with this reverse.
Regards,
Martin
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
He produced some nice silvers too:- One of my denarii (I have a few) :-  His quinarii can be sometimes be quite scrappy :-  Regards, Martin |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi Martin, Good call on the Hadrian RIC 598. I found a similar one on the Stacks auction site. Can you get The Roman Imperial Coins volumes in digital format? Both you silver Hadrians are nice though the denarius is spectacular.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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You cannot get hold of RIC in digital format legally as it is still in copyright though I know that there are digital copies around. BMCRE is better than RIC for the period it covers though. I thought that I would also share a rare eastern mint example too. These are not very well studied at all and are generally very rare. Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGSTVS (sic) P P, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:- P M TR P COS III, Minerva standing right holding inverted spear in right hand, resting left hand on shield Minted in Eastern mint. Reference:-- BMCRE -. RIC-. RSC -. Only known example to date with this combination though the reverse die is know and documented but with different reverses.  Martin |
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Valued Member
Canada
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My only Hadrian denarius. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing left, holding a basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC 241a? Correct me if I'm wrong.   |
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 Australia
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I have several Hadrian coins, but this is the only one I've downloaded into my CCF Gallery:  It's a Liberalitas sestertius, with the reverse a classic piece of propaganda: the emperor seated on a high throne,watching as Liberalitas pours coins into the waiting arms of a citizen below. It's quite worn, but it comes from the estate of one of Brisbane's earliest coin dealers; it was one of the few coins he kept when he sold the business. It's also the only ancient coin I have that I can confidently say has not just been dug up recently; it's been in collections here in Australia for at least sixty years. I've also got an eastern mint denarius, a COS III moon-and-stars type. I don't have the obverse downloaded, but here's the reverse:  The S is backwards, the O is filled in, and the stars are scattered messily about the place instead of being in a neat, tight hexagon. There's also an accidental "eighth star", the centration dot right in the middle, which was supposed to be assimilated by one of the stars. I guess it was the apprentice's turn to make this die! Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks Sap. It's great to see more coins. Nice Sestertuis.
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Moderator
United States
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Nice coins everyone, I'm busy packing for the move so I really don't have the time to post any coins right now.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Y'all could post coins like these until ccf runs out of bandwidth, as far as I'm concerned. Beautiful!
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Valued Member
Canada
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My Hadrian AE Dupondius. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TRP COS III, radiate bust right / SALVS PVBLICA S-C, Salus standing left with patera & rudder, foot on globe. RIC 604.   |
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