Oki, my friend => is that you wielding that sword? (are you wearing your pajamas?) Man, you look like a bad-ass!!
The device on coins of Decius is a Draco standard not a sword but it asked to be posted here anyway. There are dies with much better detail on the dragon head!
Hadrianus Denarius Roma 119-22 AD Libertas Reference. RIC 128 BMC 290 Anm.Coh. 907. Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN-HADRIANVS AVG Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, (and across back of neck) Rev. PM-TRP-COS-III LIB | PVB across fields Libertas standing facing, head left, pileus in right hand, scepter in left. 3.30 gr
Oh thank goodness. It's been almost a week since you posted a Hadrian Imperial and we had Search and Rescue teams ready to deploy! Hadrian looks quite serious in your latest addition.
=> he looks kinda hung-over ... oh, but awesome new Hadrian addition!! (wow Oki, that is a gorgeous new Hadrian-sweetie!! ... yummy)
The alphabetical thread??? Now I have to look into that as well..Sheesh, it's tough being the new guy here LOL Great posts...and I wish I could include mine, but they go back before my return to Ancients (i.e December, 2014) and I have no photos of them..a denarius and a few decent large bronzes (As and Sestertii)... Love what all of you have collected!!!
Hadrian Denarius 119-22 AD Hadrian with officier and Libertas Reference. Scarce RIC 131b; C 911 Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG. Laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder, and over back of neck (rarely seen) Rev. P M TR P COS III / LIBERAL AVG (III In Ex.) Emperor seated left on sella curulis on platform; behind, officer; before, Liberalitas with tessera; in front on steps, citizen. 2.75 gr 18 mm extra. A tessera (plural: tesserae, diminutive tessella) is an individual tile, usually formed in the shape of a cube
Hadrian Denarius Roma 125-28 AD Roma its like RIC 163 only seated left. Reference. RIC --; Obv. HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder Rev. COS-II Roma seated Left on cuirass and shield, parazonium in right hand, vertical spear in left Globe in exergue 3.16 gr 19 mm.