[ancients] Post your Hadrians...

Nice/big portrait on that bronze, Eric!

 

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It's a great coin to be sure, but from that image, I can't tell if the green on the reverse is mineral deposit, or if the coin was painted to cover bad surfaces. In either case, I would leave it alone. If you removed it, you might not like the result, whereas the coin looks perfectly nice as it is.

 

Definitely a winner OKI !!!!

Big 'Plus 1' to Steve's post and comments.....

 

Thank you John,
if mineral better leave it, very hard probably

cheers,

eric

 

Love the new coin Oki, especially the portrait.

 

Yes my friend indeed that took me too.

 

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 118 AD Fortuna
Reference.
RIC 551a; Banti 414

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right

Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II S C FORT RED
Fortuna, draped, seated left on low seat, holding rudder on ground in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

26.04 gr
33 mm
Vcoins

 

Wow, Oki! Merry Christmas indeed!

 

Thank you TIF, i thought i had earned a present hard working lately

 

Wow, nice!! => Merry Christmas, Oki

cheers

 

Merry Christmas

 

yes Coin friend i wish you all a merry Christmas

 

wow, that sestertius jingles my bells...merry christmas everyone!

 

Hello JA,

Its hard deposit, and better in hand then from picture

 

Hadrian Denarius Roma 125-128 AD Roma
Reference.
Strack 121; RIC 77; C. 1104

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG.
Laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right. with very unusual Bust drapery

Rev. P M TR P COS III.
Roma seated left on cuirass, holding spear and Victory, shield with quiver behind.

3.26 gr
19 mm
h7

 

Wow, another awesome coin Oki. The toning is the icing on the cake!

 

Very nice, Oki => I love the dainty-sweet Victory ... great addition (congrats)

 

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 134-38 AD Tellus
Reference. Scarce
Strack 698; RIC 791f; C. 1432; Banti 758 (same die)

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right, wearing paludamentum.

Rev. TELLVS STABIL in ex. S C
Tellus, draped, reclining left on ground, resting right hand on globe and left on basket of fruit, and holding vine-branch in left hand.

25.8 gr
mm
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Another nice coin Oki. Don't you own most of the examples of Hadrian coins by now?

 

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