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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8299301, member: 110350&quot;]I bought my 5th Hadrian Travel series denarius today (6th if you count the galley reverse coin that I posted not that long ago in another thread).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see this type very often, and I think it will fit in well with my examples of the Aegyptos and Africa denarii from the same series (posted earlier in this thread), as well as with all the Roman Egyptian coins I like so much:</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. Bareheaded and draped bust right, viewed from back or side, HADRIANVS - AVG COS III PP / Rev. Alexandria, draped, standing left, holding sistrum in extended right hand and basket in left hand with snake emerging from it, ALEX-AN-DRIA. RIC II.3 1504 &amp; Pl. 31, old RIC II 300, RSC II 156, BMCRE III Hadrian 826, Foss 94a, Sear RCV II 3460 (<i>obv. var</i>.). <i>Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction 253, 13 March 2022, Lot 1408; ex B.A. Seaby Ltd. London, retail purchase 1990</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468102[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any ideas about what the round object seemingly hovering directly beneath the snake&#039;s basket is supposed to represent? Judging from the examples on acsearch, it&#039;s present on most of these (including the one posted by</p><p>[USER=101013]@Limes[/USER] in this thread), but nobody seems to mention it in their</p><p>description. Could it be the bottom of the snake, perhaps?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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