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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8184272, member: 85693&quot;]Here&#039;s a worn Hadrian as I have that sort of looks like yours.&nbsp; This one weighs 11.34 grams which is more typical for an as; I have seen very worn ones weigh a lot less.&nbsp; I like coins like this - they are affordable - but sometimes you can have a tough time attributing them - looking at the photo now, I think mine is wrong - I don&#039;t see she&#039;s holding a branch, but more like the Palladium or a Victory or a caduceus... I think I need to look into this. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431362[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 121-123 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG] laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [P]M [T]R P COS III, S C, Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC II, 3 676 (old RIC 616c).</p><p>(11.34 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $0.25 </p><p><br /></p><p>To research something like this, I go to OCRE, search the emperor, and then anything that I can positively identify.&nbsp; As others have mentioned, that looks like Hadrian.&nbsp;&nbsp; Looking at yours, I narrowed it down to 16 possibilities (you can see what I searched for in the link - cornucopia, standing, etc.):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet%3A%22Bronze%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Hadrian%22+AND+fulltext%3Astanding+AND+fulltext%3Acornucopia+AND+fulltext%3AHADRIANVS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet%3A%22Bronze%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Hadrian%22+AND+fulltext%3Astanding+AND+fulltext%3Acornucopia+AND+fulltext%3AHADRIANVS" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet:&quot;Bronze&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Hadrian&quot;+AND+fulltext:standing+AND+fulltext:cornucopia+AND+fulltext:HADRIANVS</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these are clearly not yours (two figures on the reverse, etc.).&nbsp; It then occurred to me that yours has CAESAR as part of the obverse inscription; this narrows it down to three: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet%3A%22Bronze%22%20AND%20portrait_facet%3A%22Hadrian%22%20AND%20fulltext%3Astanding%20AND%20fulltext%3Acornucopia%20AND%20fulltext%3AHADRIANVS%20AND%20fulltext%3ACAESAR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet%3A%22Bronze%22%20AND%20portrait_facet%3A%22Hadrian%22%20AND%20fulltext%3Astanding%20AND%20fulltext%3Acornucopia%20AND%20fulltext%3AHADRIANVS%20AND%20fulltext%3ACAESAR" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=material_facet:&quot;Bronze&quot; AND portrait_facet:&quot;Hadrian&quot; AND fulltext:standing AND fulltext:cornucopia AND fulltext:HADRIANVS AND fulltext:CAESAR</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Getting closer, maybe?&nbsp; Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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