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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3271050, member: 39084&quot;]Oh... wait a minute.&nbsp; I only acquired three coins in 2018, not 10.&nbsp; Sorry about that misleading title.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My quest for Hadrian travel series coins continued and brought my current total to five coins.&nbsp; Herewith the top three:</p><p><br /></p><p>#3: A good coin with all features well-delineated and the usual high quality portrait of Hadrian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862751[/ATTACH] </p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.14 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 33 var.</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Nilus reclining l., holding cornucopiae and reed, leaning on rock; behind, hippopotamus among reeds and below, crocodile l.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2: Hadrian returning</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862749[/ATTACH]</p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (23.62 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 132 - 134 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 706</p><p>HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS&nbsp; Laureate and cuirassed bust r., with drape on on l. shoulder.&nbsp; Rev. FELICITATI / AVG / S - C Galley moving l. with sail steers and and six rowers; standard and vexillum at stern.&nbsp; Below, COS III P P</p><p><br /></p><p>#1: My second Africa aureus, this one with a scorpion</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862750[/ATTACH] </p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.20 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D. RIC II 374</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare-headed bust l. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L., holding cornucopiae and scorpion in r. hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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