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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3197484, member: 8959&quot;]Saw this denarius of Hadrian with galley reverse and had to have it.</p><p>(there goes my &quot;ancients budget&quot; for October....)</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a rather less-common cuirassed bust (worn, but evident), different from the more common draped-bust and scarcer than the bare-bust type for this denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is the right attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrianus, 117-138.</p><p>Denarius, Rome, 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG cuirassed bust with light drapery over left shoulder.</p><p>Rv. P M T R P COS III Galley without oarsmen. RIC II,353,113c, C. 1174.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar to this other one I got back in April (scroll down), but with the cuirassed bust.</p><p>Now they can keep each other company<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826823[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]826825[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826826[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]826827[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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