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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1794405, member: 31620&quot;]My real passion with Hadrian&#039;s coinage is with his rare estern denarii and I have several otherwise unknown examples of which I will only inflict two on you:-</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hadrian Denarius </p><p>Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right</p><p>Rev:- COS III, Genius, draped at waist, standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, no altar</p><p>Minted in eastern mint.</p><p>RIC -, BMCRE -, RSC -, Strack -.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information from Curtis Clay:-</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I don&#039;t doubt the Genius coin is Eastern, though I don&#039;t find that obv. die among the many illustrated by Strack.</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter forms are typical, for example P P at end of obv. legend tending to look like I I, and the slanting S of COS on the reverse. The slightly clumsy style of the types is also typical.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you say,the Roman model showed an altar before the Genius. Eastern specimens are known accurately copying that type, with altar, Strack *31. ....... Yours is a new variant, with altar omitted. &quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_044ae_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hadrian Denarius </p><p>Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear</p><p>Rev:- COS III, Mars walking right holding spear and trophy</p><p>Eastern Mint.</p><p>Reference:- RIC -. BMCRE -. RSC -. Strack -.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_044aa_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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