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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8360347, member: 110350"]Hadrian AR Denarius ca. 130 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, with slight drapery on far (right) shoulder, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Rev. Galley sailing left with four rowers, pilot [or hortator, according to Nomos AG] facing left seated in shelter at stern, acrostolium* at prow, FELICTATI AVGVSTI. RIC II.3 1401d (2019 ed.) [or RIC II.3 1404, see <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404</a>], old RIC 240 (1926 ed.), RSC II 713a, BMCRE III 625, Foss 108a [Clive Foss, <i>Roman Historical Coi</i>ns (Seaby, London, 1990)]. 18 mm., 3.26 g., 6 h. <i>Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 602 (“Scarce issue with Hadrian facing to the left”).</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2022-3-19_21-46-1-jpeg.1457364/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>*See <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium</a>: “An ornamental extension of the stem post on the prow of an ancient warship. Often used as a symbol of victory or of power at sea.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, another left-facing Hadrian on an Imperial coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8360347, member: 110350"]Hadrian AR Denarius ca. 130 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, with slight drapery on far (right) shoulder, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Rev. Galley sailing left with four rowers, pilot [or hortator, according to Nomos AG] facing left seated in shelter at stern, acrostolium* at prow, FELICTATI AVGVSTI. RIC II.3 1401d (2019 ed.) [or RIC II.3 1404, see [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1404[/URL]], old RIC 240 (1926 ed.), RSC II 713a, BMCRE III 625, Foss 108a [Clive Foss, [I]Roman Historical Coi[/I]ns (Seaby, London, 1990)]. 18 mm., 3.26 g., 6 h. [I]Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 602 (“Scarce issue with Hadrian facing to the left”).[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2022-3-19_21-46-1-jpeg.1457364/[/IMG] *See [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Acrostolium[/URL]: “An ornamental extension of the stem post on the prow of an ancient warship. Often used as a symbol of victory or of power at sea.” Next, another left-facing Hadrian on an Imperial coin.[/QUOTE]
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