[ancients] Post your Hadrians...

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Hadrian Sestertius, Roma 124-28 AD Roma
Reference.
RIC 636.

Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS.
Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder.

Rev: COS III / S C.
Roma seated left on cuirass, resting right foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopia; shield behind

23.53 gr
33 mm
6h

Note.
Ex Collection Freimut Hüther (1935-2016)

 

A couple of travel series denarius. Also a couple of Neptune's to protect him while at sea. One for going and one for coming back.

 

I expanded my collection to include Hadrians in early 2016. I started with a she-wolf aureus reverse. Although this reverse type is available on a wide variety of Roman coins spanning a long time period, I was particularly drawn to the Hadrian:



HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.
AV Aureus (6.87 g.) Rome ca. 124 - 128 A.D. RIC II 193d
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust right, drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev. She-wolf stg. left, suckling Romulus and Remus; COS above, III in exergue.

The travel series have been particularly attractive to me. After a false start with a Hispania aureus that was later determined to be a forgery, I lucked into an Africa aureus that was under-appreciated at a Heritage auction (due, in part, to its entombment in a slab; kudos to my dealer for finding this):



HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.
AV Aureus (7.15 g.) Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D. RIC II -- cf. 298g
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P bare head of Hadrian r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand on neck of lion stg. L. grain ears behind

I had also been pursuing an Africa sestertius. After a German auction where it was overpriced and had no bids, my dealer made an offer to the auction house but we were unable to come to terms. Subsequently the sestertius made an appearance at the Gorny auction, where I snagged it at a price lower than I had offered to the previous auction house:



HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.
AE Sestertius (25.62 g.) Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D. RIC 840
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Laureate head of Hadrian r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand holding scorpion, cornucopia behind

Just yesterday I missed a Nilus aureus -- being the unfortunate underbidder at the Heritage auction, but there will be more to come. Hadrian's coins are almost always artistically rendered and well-centered. I had seen an ancient bust of Hadrian in the Vatican's museum last Fall, and it's stunning how the coins resemble this bust:

 

Wow Ides, when you jump in you go all out. Those are spectacular coins.

 

I have posted these before but I now have another one I will try and photograph tomorrow.
It's the wooden hill for me now!

 

thx all,
for the new coins in this topic

 

Hadrian's wall..

 

Since I have been unsuccessfully chasing the 'Travel Series'---and still only have a worn fine+ sestertius and denarius---I decided to grab this nice AS. It seems rather 'common' with the usual portrait and 'someone standing there' reverse but it's rated R-1....so it's a bit scarce and has lots of eye-appeal:


Hadrian As Salus. RIC 678

11/08/117-10/07/138 AD
Date : 126 AD
Rome 28mm 9.59g. R1

 

Very nice, great portrait. I especially like the patina rub on his beard highlighting it.

 

Hadrian Sestertius Roma 132-34 AD Liberalitas standing
Reference.
RIC 712; Cohen 922; Strack 819; Banti 491

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate and draped bust right

Rev. LIBERALITAS AVG COS III P P S C
Liberalitas, standing right, emptying contents of cornucopiae

22.75 gr
33 mm

 

Wow! Another beauty Oki. The detail is fantastic, especially the contents of cornucopiae.

 

Yep!! That's a wonderful example!!

 

Hadrian AS Roma 125-28 AD Salus standing
Reference.
RIC 678

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder

Rev. SALVS AVGVSTI / COS III / S - C in field
Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding snake coiled round altar

10.59 gr
27 mm
6h

Note.
Ex col. Frans Pouwel, Netherlands, collected since the ‘80’s.

 

Perfection...

 

Yet another beauty!

 

Just junk, but it's mine and cost less than $10. As, 27 mm.

 

I stumbled across a low grade, polished example of what I consider a travel series coin but they used a dated legend rather than naming Oceanus as would have seen right. The anchor in his hand looks a bit like a crossbow but those had not been invented yet.

 

Hadrian Dupondius Roma 134-38 AD Salus seated
Reference.
RIC 972; C. 367;

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bust of Hadrian, radiate, right

Rev. COS III S C
Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in extended right hand snake coiling up from altar and resting left arm on throne

13.11 gr
27 mm
6h

 

Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD Hadrian & Hispania
Reference.
RIC 327; C.1260; Strack 321; var. no rabbit

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Head of Hadrian, laureate, right.

Rev. RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE
Hadrian, togate, standing right, holding roll in left hand and extending right hand to raise up Hispania, kneeling in front of him and holding branch in left hand; "No rabbit center."

3.23 gr
18 mm
8h