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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4254541, member: 85693&quot;]Just got this one last week and found it was interesting to attribute.&nbsp; Hadrian has what is for me the biggest Aegis around - looks like those snakes are going to reach up and nest in his beard!&nbsp; Or the chest pop-out scene in <i>Alien</i>? </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC apparently does not list this type (RIC 42) with an aegis, although I found several examples online, so it appears to be a fairly common variation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat obsessed with AE, I haven&#039;t gotten a denarius in a while.&nbsp; Fickle as ever, I find myself pivoting towards silver again.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085033[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(118 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder with visible snakes / Justitia enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre. PM TR P COS II,&nbsp; IVSTITIA in exergue.</p><p>RIC 42 (var. see note).</p><p>(3.26 grams / 19 x 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b>Attribution Note:&nbsp; </b></b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;RIC II gives bust options of drapery on left shoulder; draped; cuirassed; or draped and cuirassed.&nbsp; No mention is made of the aegis.&quot;&nbsp; FORVM</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_015.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_015.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_015.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; *****</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius sent me down the Roman Gods rabbit hole.&nbsp; On coins, I found Justitia is not a common goddess &quot;standing or sitting around&quot; (as Doug puts it).&nbsp; Too much like Aequitas? </p><p><br /></p><p>I did an OCRE search for diety Justitia and got 91 hits - starting with Tiberius; most of them by far were issued by Hadrian, with the Severans issuing a few, and a lonesome last appearance by Carausius. </p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Justitia%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Justitia%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:&quot;Justitia&quot;</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Aequitas gets 456 OCRE hits - starts with Galba ends with Constantine I/II - and a late example by Dryantilla!&nbsp; Does anybody have that one?&nbsp; (Apparently only the British Museum does). </p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Aequitas%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Aequitas%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:&quot;Aequitas&quot;</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Collector has a nice post about Aequitas where he describes the differences between Aequitas and Justitia:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aeqvitas.356022/#post-4203214" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aeqvitas.356022/#post-4203214">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aeqvitas.356022/#post-4203214</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A while back I got this sestertius of Severus Alexander, my only other coin with Justitia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(222-231 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / IVSTITIA AVGVSTI, Justitia draped, seated left with patera and sceptre, SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 563b; Cohen 106.</p><p>(15.81 grams / 26 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your Justitias, or your aegis, or new stuff that tickled your fancy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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