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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8262437, member: 110350&quot;]An old thread I decided to revive in order to post my new Hadrian galley coin, my first of that type -- one I&#039;ve wanted for quite some time. I gather that opinions differ as to whether these galley coins count as part of Hadrian&#039;s Travel Series. All I know is that it was issued by Hadrian and involves travel! Whether by Hadrian himself or not.&nbsp; I bought it at the recent Nomos Obolos auction together with a few other coins I&#039;ve recently posted, such as the Marcus Aurelius/Roma &amp; Palladium denarius, the Tarentum dolphin-rider nomos, and the Septimius Severus tetradrachm from Tyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian AR Denarius ca. 130 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, with slight drapery on far (right) shoulder, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Rev. Galley sailing left with four rowers, pilot [or hortator, according to Nomos AG] facing left seated in shelter at stern, acrostolium* at prow, FELICTATI AVGVSTI.&nbsp; RIC II.3 1401d (2019 ed.) [or RIC II.3 1404, see <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404</a>], old RIC 240 (1926 ed.), RSC II 713a, BMCRE III 625, Foss 108a [Clive Foss, <i>Roman Historical Coi</i>ns (Seaby, London, 1990)]. 18 mm., 3.26 g., 6 h. <i>Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 602 (“Scarce issue with Hadrian facing to the left”).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*See <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium</a>: “An ornamental extension of the stem post on the prow of an ancient warship. Often used as a symbol of victory or of power at sea.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that a couple of people earlier in this thread, such as [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER], stated that a left-facing galley on a coin meant that Hadrian was returning to Rome from his travels, and a right-facing galley meant that he was leaving Rome. Does anyone have a source supporting that theory?</p><p><br /></p><p>A question regarding the new RIC number: Nomos said that it&#039;s RIC II.3 1401d. OCRE says that it&#039;s RIC II.3 1404. Could someone who has the volume please let me know which is correct?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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