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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8177638, member: 110350&quot;]Here are my write-up and attempt to photograph my new Hadrian Travel Series denarius that recently arrived from Akropolis Ancient Coins (run by [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER]). To me, the scratches on the obverse are far outweighed by the fact that in terms of Africa&#039;s face and in certain other respects, the reverse may be the most detailed of any specimen of this type that I&#039;ve ever come across.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian AR Denarius, Travel Series, Rome Mint, 130-133 AD (according to RIC II.3) [<i>134-138 AD according to Mattingly &amp; Sydenham in old RIC II</i>]. Obv. Bare head left, HADRIANVS - AVG COS III PP / Rev. Africa reclining left, leaning with left elbow on rock, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding scorpion with extended right hand and cradling cornucopiae with left hand and arm, basket of grain-ears to left at her feet, AFRICA. RIC II.3 Hadrian 1497 (2009 edition) (see <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1497" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1497" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1497</a> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1497);" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1497);" rel="nofollow">);</a> old RIC II Hadrian 299 (1926 ed.) <i>var.</i> (head right), RSC II Hadrian 137, Sear RCV II 3459 <i>var. </i>(laureate head left), BMCRE III Hadrian 821 <i>var</i>. (this type cited at BMCRE 821 fn. at p. 344); Foss 81 at p. 117 (dating Hadrian’s travels in the province of Africa to AD 128) [Clive Foss, <i>Roman Historical Coi</i>ns (Seaby, London, 1990)]. 18 mm., 3.31 g. <i>Purchased from Akropolis Ancient Coins, Jan. 2022.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429293[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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