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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2513627, member: 76086&quot;]I have always been fascinated by these coins.&nbsp; Many of them bear the portraits of Hadrian and Pius, though they are supposed to be various gods.&nbsp; Today I scored this one and was pleased that few noticed it (they dont come up that often, my last one I found 25 years ago):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535038[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Anonymous issues. </b><i>temp.</i> Hadrian–Antoninus Pius, AD 117-161. Æ Quadrans (19mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars right / Cuirass. RIC II (1st ed.) 19. VF, dark green and brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>It goes well my my other example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535040[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Anonymous, attributed to the reign of Hadrian, 117 - 138 AD</b></p><p>Æ Quadrans, 14mm, 2.4 grams</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Bust of Mercury right wearing winged petasus.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; S C, Winged caduceus.</p><p>Reference:</p><p>RIC31[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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