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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2720149, member: 57495&quot;]That is an awfully neat little detail!&nbsp; In fact, it&#039;s so tiny I can&#039;t really tell if it&#039;s a lituus or Baby Groot <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Hadrian denarius with a rare bust variant unrecorded in RIC but known from one example in the Reka Devnia hoard.&nbsp; Hadrian is shown with the strap of a balteus, or sword belt, across his chest. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]615889[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.23g, 20.9mm, Rome mint, AD 119-122.&nbsp; RIC 82 var. (bust type); BM 164 note.&nbsp; O: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, balteus (sword belt) strap over shoulder and across chest.&nbsp; R: P M TR P COS III, Concordia seated left, holding patera.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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