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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1717656, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Ummm, since it&#039;s my thread and since I know most dudes love to add one of their coins to these threads, I am gonna post my other two Hadrian coins (both of different denominations) </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">=&gt; man, I absolutely &quot;love&quot; these cool ancient coins!! (absolutely &quot;awesome&quot;) ......... &quot;PLEASE POST ALL OF YOUR COOL HADRIAN COINS!!&quot;</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Hadrian silver (AR) tetradrachm </font></font></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">117-138 AD</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Struck at the mint of </font><font face="Arial">Antioch</font><font face="Arial"> in </font><font face="Arial">Syria</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 23.1 mm</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 12.88 grams</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Eagle, wings spread, head left, stands upon thigh of bull</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: BMC 304-05</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3">Other: NICE surfaces nearly EF. SCARCE</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]265512.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]265513.vB[/ATTACH]</span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></span><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">Hadrian Æ Dupondius</font></b></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial"></font></span><font face="Arial"></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"></font></font><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Rome</font><font face="Arial"> mint</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">AD 117-138</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Struck AD 125-128</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Diameter: 26 mm</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Weight: 11.24 grams</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Obverse: Radiate bust right, slight drapery</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Reverse: Pegasus right </font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Other: 6h ... RIC II 758 … Near VF, greenish-brown patina. </font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">From the Robert O. Ebert Collection</font></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial">[ATTACH]265514.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]265515.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">=&gt; cheers brothers .......... I gotta go out and walk the hounds!! (and then my wife is having &quot;Book-Club&quot;) ... but I&#039;ll try to touch-base at some point!!</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"></font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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