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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 7886960, member: 39084&quot;]I first visited Hadrian&#039;s Villa in 1966 (!), and then again 50 years later in 2016.&nbsp; I remember being awed by the entire villa, and especially this swimming pool:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360533[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really, would it be that hard to get a pool service in to clean the water a little bit? </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago I started adding Hadrian&#039;s travel series coins to my collection, which I&#039;ve display here ad nauseum, but I&#039;ll reprise a couple of them anyway:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (25.62 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 130 - 133 A.D.&nbsp; RIC II.3 1609</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Laureate head of Hadrian&nbsp; r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand holding scorpion, cornucopia behind</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360535[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.20 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 130 - 133 A.D.&nbsp; RIC II.3 1492</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare-headed bust l. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L., holding cornucopiae and scorpion in r. hand;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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