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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4181666, member: 87404"]Great new sestertius and excellent portrait!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have this Hadrian As with a unique bust with bulging pecks and broad muscular shoulders, of which I've not found similar online... </p><p><a href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/collagemaker_20190915_172252446.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/collagemaker_20190915_172252446.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/collagemaker_20190915_172252446.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="3"><b>Hadrian, Ruled 117-138 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE As, Struck 125-128 AD, Rome Mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: COS III, Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right, S-C across field.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC II 669c</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 25.5mm, 9.1g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Notes: Superior design and rendering of bust of Hadrian on obverse. None similar found in online databases.</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4181666, member: 87404"]Great new sestertius and excellent portrait! I have this Hadrian As with a unique bust with bulging pecks and broad muscular shoulders, of which I've not found similar online... [URL='https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/collagemaker_20190915_172252446.jpg'][IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/collagemaker_20190915_172252446.jpg?w=723[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=3][B]Hadrian, Ruled 117-138 AD AE As, Struck 125-128 AD, Rome Mint[/B] Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right. Reverse: COS III, Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right, S-C across field. References: RIC II 669c Size: 25.5mm, 9.1g [I]Notes: Superior design and rendering of bust of Hadrian on obverse. None similar found in online databases.[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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