Hi guys,need your help please! Just won this coin from Lanz...29 bucks I must be doing something wrong as I can't find a reference on wild winds or Eric?? Closest is RIC#245 but this has draped bare headed bust right. Any help much appreciated.! Hadrian (117- 138). Rome, c. 118 AD. Silver Denarius. 2,85 g. 17 mm. Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right. Rev: FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. VF, old collection patina. Thanks Paul
RIC can have multiple bust types per entry. Your coin is not RIC 245, which is the Aureus. RIC 245A is listed with Bare head right and Laureate head right. It does occur with draped varieties but these are not listed in RIC.
Thanks Martin Excuse my ignorance here...So its a variant of RIC#245A Laureate head right (not draped) Is this coin rare?
No. Your coin is RIC 245Afrom one of the two listed bust varieties. The draped bust type is the one unlisted in RIC.
Martin is right. Generally, Martin knows his coins so I rarely, if ever, question what he says. BTW, nice Hadrian @Spaniard
Thanks Martin as usual you've been a great help. Thanks I'm not really into "shiny" and really liked the old toning on this coin.
It's a clever play on words joke. "For tuna" sounds like "FORTVNA" when spoken. On the one hand cats like tuna and might beg for it like this and on the other the posture the cat is in is reminiscent of a posture someone might take if they were decrying thier luck by calling out to FORTVNA.
