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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8263280, member: 110350&quot;][USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] and [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER], I really need to consider giving in and buying the new volume II.3 sometime soon, even though I haven&#039;t seen any copies for sale for less than $200. I actually have more Hadrian Provincials than Imperials, but I have enough of the latter (about a dozen) -- with the likelihood of buying more in the future -- that it&#039;s probably a worthwhile expenditure. Especially because OCRE is essentially useless for this level of detail. This is OCRE&#039;s blanket description of Nos. 1400-1404, with no further breakdown:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1400-1404</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P: Head of Hadrian, laureate, right | Head of Hadrian, laureate, left | Bust of Hadrian, laureate, cuirassed, right, viewed from front | Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right, viewed from rear or side | Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, left, viewed from rear or side</p><p>Reverse</p><p>FELICITATI // AVGVSTI (in exergue): Ship, left</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, useless except at the most general level. You can see why I thought 1404 was the closest, since it refers to drapery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, the illustrated examples are not only all lumped together, but are mostly from museum collections with the museums&#039; own descriptions, obviously created long before this volume of RIC was published. So they&#039;re not tied in any way to these RIC numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: I went ahead and bought it, from Charles Davis. One of my two main sources for buying numismatic books, along with Kolbe &amp; Fanning (numislit.com).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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