Hadrian Denarius - my first Ancient!

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  1. DrHenley

    DrHenley Active Member

    My first Ancient is a Hadrian Denarius. Some rim damage, but it was pretty inexpensive.

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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Nice coin for a first ancient. It has a great portrait too.

    Mine:

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  4. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Nice work, DrHenley! The cracks around the rim may not be damage. The coins were not struck in a collar, so you frequently find little cracks where the metal flow caused the flan to separate during striking. Weight was the important consideration in denarii, not necessarily neat edges.
     
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  5. Ancientnoob

    Ancientnoob Money Changer

    I really like the coins of Hadrian and Trajan, they really show the apex of Roman portraiture IMO. It is also the point when the empire was at its greatest territorial extent.

    My Hadrian As...
    29 mm x 10.72 grams
    struck 128 AD Salus feeding a Snake
    ref: sear 3681
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  6. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    I took new pics of my favorite Trajan yesterday...

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  7. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    DrHenley ... nice


    => gorgeous new coin => congrats!!
     
    stevex6, Sep 15, 2013
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  8. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I love the portraits of Hadrian. Nice pick up, especially for a first Ancient. Congrats.
     
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  9. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Man, I love Hadrian coins ...

    hadrian a.jpg
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    Hadrian Pegasus a.jpg
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    Hadrian Snake a.jpg
    Hadrian Snake b.jpg
     
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  10. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I think I'll save mine until we reach the h's in the alphabetical thread.
     
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  11. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

    Nice one Henley. My first ancient looked more like a rock. You did good. :)
    Hadrian/Libertas

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  12. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Nice first! :)
     

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  13. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    Who is the guy on the reverse & what is he doing?
     
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  14. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding snake from patera, altar before
     
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  15. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

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  16. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    very nice first ancient!
     
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  17. vlaha

    vlaha Respect. The. Hat.

    Same I believe in other coins, like this one that I keep posting!
     

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  18. vlaha

    vlaha Respect. The. Hat.

    I just realized something, I have around three dozen ancient coins, and I didn't buy a single one!

    I know, kind of sad.:rolleyes:
     
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