[ancients] Post your Hadrians...

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  1. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Wonderful aureus @I_v_a_n !!!!:wideyed::woot:

    That's probably the ONLY example of Hadrian that OKI is missingo_O:D

    LOVE that big bronze @Eduard !!!
     
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  3. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Eduard,

    your coin does look a bit of to me, lettering quite soapy and and some casting pits ?
    i hope i am wrong here

    best
    eric
     
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  4. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Well, let me put it this way, if it's not legit, then CNG owes me a lot of money.
    ex. CNG Sale 67, lot 1486. From the Tony Hardy Collection.
    PS- No, CNG are not infallible - i may contact them if needed, but I have a good feeling about this one.
     
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  5. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Thank you Eduard,
    here is the selling picture :D

    better i my opinion :D
    671486.jpg
     
    Okidoki, Oct 22, 2016
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  6. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    No problem, Eric. :)

    As I said, not even CNG is infallible but I am not worried in this case.

    Here another Hadrian for the thread:

    Hadrian, 117 – 138, Denarius 119.
    Obv: Laureate and draped bust r.
    Rev: Hadrian seated l. on platform making distribution to citizen standing r.
    C 909. RIC 129.

    IMG_1812_opt.jpg IMG_1816_opt.jpg
     
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  7. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Nice Edward

    Thx for sharing your hadrians
     
    Okidoki, Oct 22, 2016
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  8. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Eric, here 2 more while I am at it (and if you allow):

    There is something really captivating about the reverse legend on this denarius: ROMAE AETERNAE.

    Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 134-138.
    Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right
    Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on chair, holding palladium and spear; shield beside chair. RIC 265; C. 1312.

    IMG_9061_opt-3.jpg IMG_9065_opt-2.jpg
     
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  9. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    And the last one, and also my favorite denarius of Hadrianus even if it is weakly struck and off-center.

    HADRIAN, A.D. 117-138. AR Denarius, Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 134-138.
    RIC-302.
    Obv: HADRIANVS AVG. COS. III. P. P." His head bare right
    Rev: GERMANIA. Germania standing front head right holding spear and resting left hand on shield.

    IMG_7632_opt.jpg IMG_7686_opt.jpg
     
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  10. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    I see why you like them :D
     
    Okidoki, Oct 22, 2016
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  11. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    *awesome coins, everybody*
     
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD, ex-Boston Museum of Fine Arts


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    Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder.

    Reverse: AE-QVI[TAS] [AV]G, S C across field, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter.

    Struck at Rome ca. 134-138 AD. RIC 743; BMC 1481. 31 mm approx, 23.4 g. Ex-Colosseo collection, 6/6/2015. Prior provenance to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, cited in Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Auction 81, Lot 1567, September 2014.


    Psst! @TIF - this one isn't in a plastic slab!

    (Not yet, anyway.) ;)
     
    lordmarcovan, Oct 25, 2016
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  13. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Wow, that's a beauty! We will hold a service when it is lowered into its coffin ;) :p
     
    TIF, Oct 25, 2016
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  14. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    And on the coffin it will probably read: Roman Empire - Hadrian AD 117-138 - AE Sestertius (23,4 g) rv Aeqvitas standing - Ch VF - strike 4/5 surface 3/5 NGC
    Always nice to know which coin it exactly is, Rob :D
     
    Andres2, Oct 25, 2016
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  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Actually, you may be delighted to hear that I am thinking hard about separating my Roman Imperials from the slabbed Box of 20 set and using them as the nucleus for a new "A to Z" (Augustus to Zeno) Roman emperors & empresses set like I did in 2007-08.

    And I would do this Roman set raw, like I did with my earlier collection.

    This would mean that the Hadrian sestertius and my Vespasian/Titus capricorn denarius can stay unentombed in the plastic that seems to offend you slabophobes so much. ;)

    And I would even liberate my Septimius Severus denarius from its plastic coffin, too!

    But since my Greek Rhodian Mercenaries drachm and my Republican denarius and Justinian tremissis are outside the Augustus-to-Zeno Roman Imperial scope, they would stay in the Box of 20 set, and therefore remain in their plastic slabs.

    It's tempting to do another raw collection in pocket pages, the old-fashioned, hands-on way.

    Of course, with only three Roman Imperials in my present possession, I'd essentially be starting over from scratch. It would be my third time building a Roman collection.
     
    lordmarcovan, Oct 27, 2016
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  16. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Hadrian AS Roma 134-38 AD Mauretania standing
    Reference.
    RIC 860f; C 958 var. (bare head). BMC 1766 var.

    Obv. HADRIANVS – AVG COS III P P
    Laureate, draped bust right, seen from rear.

    Rev. MAVRETANIA
    Mauretania standing l., holding javelins in l. hand and with r. the bridle of horse standing l. behind her

    8.17 gr
    25 mm
    12h
    717Hadrian RIC860.jpg
     
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  17. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    That is a pretty scarce As, Eric. Nice.

    I may or may not have posted this denarius before; anyway, here it is.

    Hadrianus (117-138), Denarius (3,25g), Rome, 134-138.

    Obv:     HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P, Laureate head to right.
    Rev: RESTITVTORI - HISPANIAE, Hispanien on her knees in from of Hadrian standing. Shaking hands. A rabbit between them.
    RIC 327, RSC 1260.

    536327.jpg
     
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  18. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Very nice indeed thx for posting
     
    Okidoki, Oct 31, 2016
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  19. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Never seen a Mauretania before, nice find, Eric.
     
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  20. Julius Germanicus

    Julius Germanicus Well-Known Member

    HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS / INDVLGENTIA AVG COS III P P S C
    Sestertius, Rome
    31mm / 22,65 gr
    RIC 708, BMCRE 1418, C 851, Sear 3604 Bildschirmfoto 2016-11-03 um 20.45.03.png Bildschirmfoto 2016-11-03 um 20.45.14.png
     
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  21. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Hadrian Denarius Roma 119-20 AD Minerva standing
    Reference.
    Strack 96; RIC 71b; RSC 1065.

    Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
    laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder

    Rev. P M TR P COS III
    Minerva standing left sacrificing from patera over tripod altar & holding spear.

    3.90 gr
    18 mm
    h
    721Hadrian RIC71.JPG

    better that 1e coin.
    332Hadrian RIC71.JPG
     
    Okidoki, Nov 9, 2016
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