[ancients] Post your Hadrians...

Hadrian Dupondius 117 AD Concordia

Reference.
RIC 538b; C. 260; BMC 1107; Strack 502

Obv. IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER
Radiate, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, baldric strap over shoulder and across chest, seen from front

Rev. DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P S C
Concordia enthroned facing left, holding patera in right hand, left elbow resting on small statue of Spes on small column, cornucopiae below throne.

12.31gr
28 mm
12h


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Hadrian Dupondius Rome c.120-122AD
Hadrian. AD 117-138. Dupondius (27mm, 13.68 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 120-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate head right, with drapery on shoulder / SALVS P VBLIVA, Salus standing left, with right foot on globe, holding patera in right hand and rudder over left shoulder. RIC II 604a. VF, brown patina. Ex CNG

 

Wow, Oki-- that's fantastic! Congratulations

 

Fantastic, i wish i could photograph this way.
thank you for sharing.

 

Thank you coin girlfriend,
A real wanna have

 

The face is Hadrian and the legends read Hadrian but the spirit of these early coins really reminds us of Trajan. I always though of Trajan as the king of tiny letters but the need to get Trajan's name on there twice really shrank the available space. Great coin!!!

 

Hadrian AS Roma 134-38 AD Roma standing4 viewsReference.
RIC 824;

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P.
Bare head right.

Rev. ROMA / S - C.
Roma standing left, holding spear and palladium, with shield on his back.

11.83 gr
25 mm
h

Note.
In Greek and Roman mythology, the palladium or palladion was a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend, the wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena

 

I love all these Hadrian coins. He is one of my favorite collecting subjects. Here are a couple of mine. Two denarius and a sestertius. I will photograph more when I get my copy stand and can take better pictures.

 

Nice ones, Eric & Alde.

 

those are nice one's! this is only coin i have of hadrian. a copper du is would guess.

 

You know, many moons ago I was exclusively a Hadrian collector. Then, I became a dealer, and they all went away! So many coins, many I wish I still had. But, I do still have these:

 

I am in need of a great Hadrian bronze like one of the many above. Wow, some beauties.

Denarius, 123 AD, RIC 77. Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANUS AVG Rev. P M TR P COS III. Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear, shield behind.

 

Great coins, fellas ... oh, and epic coin-thread (3/4's of my Hadrians are on page-1 of this 4 year old thread)

Wow, how coin-time flies!! (100% good times)

Oki => 80% of this thread is your Opus!! (thanks for allowing us to watch you amass such a sweet collection of winners!!)

 

thank you my coin friend,
rocking every day, great to see new Hadrian's here, @Ken you have a very nice winged caduceus
is it a quadrans?

 

Dear SA,

this is RIC II 78 "no shield behind" 95% is RIC II 77 shield behind.

 

one Hadrian with the tiny letters and a standard later one with large short legend, like your description Doug , both salus on the reverse.

 

Of all these beautiful Hadrian coins posted I counted only 4 facing to the left. Those left facing travel series coins must be particularly scarce.

 

i've wondered why coin bust face different directions. thanks for the info on this one.

 

Thanks, Okidoki! I had a note to check this... was the seller's description and I must not have been confident it was right. Now I know!

 

Yes, its a quadrans. I also have one with the portrait of Pius as Mars. Very cool series of coins.