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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3071153, member: 80783"]My only travel coin depicts the imperial galley, which carried the emperor and his immediate entourage from port to port on their travels. It was most likely struck on the occasion of the return of Hadrian to Rome at the end of his second great journey (AD 128-31). The accompanying legend celebrates the emperor's happiness on his safe homecoming after such an extended absence. According to Sear, the fine style of the obverse portrait, accentuated by the scarce left-facing rendering, reveals the strong influence of Hellenic art and culture which was such a feature of Hadrian's principate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]771779[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]771780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Hadrian left /</p><p>[FELICITATI AVG](around), COS III P P (in exergue)</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 131 (seemingly the third recorded specimen)</p><p>30,88 mm / 23,79 gr</p><p>Cayón (<i>Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano II</i>) p. 97, 316 (<i>same dies</i>), citing Ratto (<i>Roma Imperiale nelle Monete di Adriano e di sua famiglia</i>); Cohen 689, citing specimen in Bibliothèque nationale, Paris = RIC 703k = BMCRE p. 451, 1392 note = Strack (<i>Untersuchungen zur Römischen Reichsprägung des Zweiten Jahrhunderts</i>) 838[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3071153, member: 80783"]My only travel coin depicts the imperial galley, which carried the emperor and his immediate entourage from port to port on their travels. It was most likely struck on the occasion of the return of Hadrian to Rome at the end of his second great journey (AD 128-31). The accompanying legend celebrates the emperor's happiness on his safe homecoming after such an extended absence. According to Sear, the fine style of the obverse portrait, accentuated by the scarce left-facing rendering, reveals the strong influence of Hellenic art and culture which was such a feature of Hadrian's principate. [ATTACH=full]771779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]771780[/ATTACH] HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Hadrian left / [FELICITATI AVG](around), COS III P P (in exergue) Sestertius, Rome 131 (seemingly the third recorded specimen) 30,88 mm / 23,79 gr Cayón ([I]Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano II[/I]) p. 97, 316 ([I]same dies[/I]), citing Ratto ([I]Roma Imperiale nelle Monete di Adriano e di sua famiglia[/I]); Cohen 689, citing specimen in Bibliothèque nationale, Paris = RIC 703k = BMCRE p. 451, 1392 note = Strack ([I]Untersuchungen zur Römischen Reichsprägung des Zweiten Jahrhunderts[/I]) 838[/QUOTE]
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