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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8244324, member: 86498&quot;]Ar Denarius of Hadrian Rome 136 AD Obv Head left bare. Rv Africa reclining left holding scorpion over basket of grain ears. RIC II/3 1497 RIC 299 3.40 grms 19 mm Photo by W. Hansen</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451699[/ATTACH]</p><p>The &quot;Travel&quot; series of Hadrian is one of my favorite groups of coins. I am particularly fond of this denarius with its depiction of Africa holding a scorpion and advertising its principal contribution to the Empire, its supply of grain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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