[ancients] Post your Hadrians...

Don't get mad at me for asking but is that "tooled"?

 

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No it's not

 

There were some lovely bronzes in that auction. Unfortunately I was outbid on every last one! I'm glad you got it!

 

Here's my..not so pristine sestertius imp caesar traianus hadrianus avg..reverse jupiter on trone.ric561a

 

@Okidoki : interesting association Concordia / Spes, characteristic from Hadrian to Aurelius, then a recognisable signature. Amongst all her hairdresses, splendid one and scarce. Uniform patina and clear readability, nice centering, very few oxydes.

What else ?

 

Ruud, I have a similar sestertius with the shorter legend on the obverse, I think its Roma not Jupiter on the reverse:

 

Thanks for your reply..perhaps a bit of a doubt..like this one?

 

My favorite Hadrian. If only governments nowadays would do something like this

 

Hi Terence,
a wonderful and rare Sestertius, i hope one day i'll find a similar one
thank you for sharing

 

While not all Hadrians are so wonderful, one could make a case for that reign being the peak of Roman die work. I always preferred Galba but that is mostly because his features gave the artists a lot to 'improve'.

 

Hard to get..Galba here in the Netherlands Dougsmit

 

Here's my drachm of Alexandria. Not a perfect coin but I like it a lot. Reverse: Nilos reclining...And @TIF - I've been looking for an Antinous for some time, at least one I can afford. $7,000 is a bit steep for me for just one coin.

 

Hadrian - Virtus, Dupondius;
Rome, 119 - 121 AD, Officina 4e, 25 x 26 mm, 9.94 g
Ref.:RIC II 605 var (bust type draped)
Some sellers say that the left-facing bust version of this issue is a var of RIC 605, whereas RIC lists bust type e (radiate head left) for this coin. It is the right-facing bust which probably should be the var. Also on RIC 605 Hadrian’s bust is not draped.

Once more the difference in attributions are very confusing so I don't know if this is plain 605 or 605 var

Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III Bust of Hadrian, draped, radiate head right
Reverse: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI Virtus, helmeted, standing right with spear and parazonium, l. foot set on helmet, S C

 

Hadrian Dupondius Roma 118 AD Fortuna
Reference.
RIC 557; Spink 3663; C. 757

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG.
Radiate bust right, heroically nude bust right, baldric (sword) strap around neck and across chest, loop on shoulder, seen from front

Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II / S - C / FORT RED.
Fortuna seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and rudder.

12.39 gr
26 mm

 

Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD Indulgentia
Reference.
RIC 361; C. 845

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Laureate, head right

Rev. INDVLGENTIA AVG COS III
Indulgentia, draped, seated left on throne, holding out right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left

3.29 gr

 

586c Hadrian Sestertius, Roma 119-21 AD Moneta
Reference.
RIC 586 var C. 974; BMC 1196; Banti 549; Strack 677

Obv. IMP. CAESAR. TRAIANVS. HADRIANVS. AVG. P. M. TR. P. COS. III.
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right

Rev. MONETA AVGVSTI S C
Moneta, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left

28.03 gr
32 mm

 

Hadrian Denarius 119-25 AD Brockage
Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder

Rev.
Incuse of obverse

2.83 gr
17 mm

 

Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD Patientia
Reference.
RIC 365; Strack 202; Cohen 1010

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Laureate head right.

Rev. PATIENTIA AVGVSTI COS III
Patientia, seated left on low seat, holding out right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left

3.18 gr
17 mm
6h

Note.
BMCRE 525, pl. 57.9 (same reverse die). Cohen 1010 ;RIC II 365
The Reka Devnia hoard contained two specimens of this type, one like ours and one with a draped bust. Strack 202 records the two Reka Devnia coins in Sofia, BMCRE 525, two specimens in Paris, and only three others: Gnecchi Collection, L.A. Lawrence, and Ball VI, 1932, lot 1355. This is the sole appearance of the personification Patientia on Roman coins. Apparently her name was not well received, because it was very soon changed to INDVLGENTIA AVG, and with the new name the identical type, seated female figure extending right hand and holding scepter, was struck in substantial quantity. As Strack and Mattingly suggested, the sense of the Patientia type, since it was soon to be renamed Indulgentia, may have been "endurance of other people's troubles rather than one's own" (BMCRE III, p. cxli).

 

Awesome MASSIVE thread @TIF! Soooooo many beautiful coins.
Here's one that I could have really dropped in the rece "bought it for the portrait" thread:

Hadrian
AR-Denarius Roma throne,
117-138 2,86g, 18mm. RIC:
146

 

Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Hadrian and Liberalitas
Reference.
RIC 552; Strack ; Hunter II 324, BMCRE III 1137, Cohen II 914, SRCV II 3606 var. (band over shoulder, S - C at sides)

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, seen from front

Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II / S C LIBERALITAS AVG
Hadrian seated left on raised platform, before him sits an attendant distributing coins to a togate citizen climbing steps of platform, Liberalitas standing left on far side of attendant, holding coin counter, LIBERALITAS AVG / S C (senatus consulto) in exergue

25.81 gr
35 mm
6h

Note.
The generosity and munificent largesses of Hadrian, after having been recorded many times on various coins and in diverse ways, are on the reverse of a first brass medal of great rarity, glorified altogether by the above splendid title, "The Benefactor of the World," a superlative the more remarkable, inasmuch as, neither before nor afterward, is it found conferred on any other emperor. -- Dictionary| of Roman| Coins|
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