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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8186461, member: 85693&quot;]But the reverse legend on the one I posted above is COS III not FELICITATI AVGVSTI:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-as-galley-sep-2021-0-jpg.1422401/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Hadrian Æ As</b></p><p><b>(125-127 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / <b>COS III</b> above galley with four rowers right, [S C] in exergue.</p><p>RIC II.3 820 (RIC 673c/d) var.</p><p>(drapery on shoulder; see note).</p><p>(10.33 grams / 25 x 23 mm)</p><p>eBay Sept. 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, it seems the new RIC assigns these galley types to Hadrian&#039;s travels:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Hadrian has still spent the first half of 125 travelling (voyaging to Rome from Greece via Sicily) <b>and the aes coinage for this group does have some travel types</b> in the form of Neptune sestertii both with and without the legend NEP RED showing the sea-gods (sic) role as homebringer of the Emperor.&nbsp; The later phase of Neptune sestertii are devoid of descriptive legend and die-link with the forum/Adventus scene.&nbsp; <b>There is also a galley type as to continue with the nautical theme.</b>&nbsp; It is concurrent with a Minerva as (Hadrian was returning home having been wise in his dealings with his Parthian advisaries)...&quot;</p><p>(Richard Abdy, Peter Mittag, <i>Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume II, Part 3</i>, p. 17)</p><p><br /></p><p>So it seems that one could assign both the Neptune and Minerva types to Hadrian&#039;s voyages (although silver is not mentioned, for reasons I do not understand).&nbsp; Here is a Neptune denarius - travel series?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432265[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(125-127 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Neptune standing left, cloak over right thigh, foot on prow, holding trident &amp; acrostolium.</p><p>RIC II, 3 793 (old RIC 159).</p><p>(3.08 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2015</p><p><br /></p><p>The introduction to the new RIC Hadrian book is available on a Google book search (not the whole book, just the very informative introduction):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA20&amp;dq=hadrian+dupondius+annona&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjJ1tekjavzAhVIvZ4KHTS4BCAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA20&amp;dq=hadrian+dupondius+annona&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjJ1tekjavzAhVIvZ4KHTS4BCAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA20&amp;dq=hadrian+dupondius+annona&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjJ1tekjavzAhVIvZ4KHTS4BCAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The chart on page 19 about FELICITAS AVGVSTI types reads: &quot;Nautical/Homebringer theme for British journey?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the question mark; I suppose we&#039;ll never know for sure.&nbsp; The galleys may indeed be a more general, not specifically a &quot;travel&quot; type.&nbsp; As for Neptune or Minerva, well, I&#039;ll leave it to the experts.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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