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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul_NL, post: 4697454, member: 108102&quot;]Hi, I&#039;m a collector from the Netherlands (sorry for my english) and looking for some help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year I purchased a Hadrian denarius form Lanz Numismatik but I had difficulty finding out what type it exactly is. The obverse legend reads &#039;IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG&#039; and the reverse &#039;P M TR P COS III&#039;, showing deity Felicitas, standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia (<a href="https://munthunter.nl/download/file.php?id=21669&amp;mode=view" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://munthunter.nl/download/file.php?id=21669&amp;mode=view" rel="nofollow">see pictures</a>). No text in field or exergue. So I thought it must be a RIC II Hadrian 83. However all coins of this type show a bust of Hadrian with bare chest and&nbsp; traces of drapery on the far (left) shoulder. On my coin however, also the right shoulder is draped (or cuirassed?). </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, the OCRE records of Hadrian have been updated. RIC II Hadrian 83 is now listed as RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 220-222 and it looks like the type I was looking for has been added as subtype no.222 since the obverse of this type is described as &#039;Bust of Hadrian, laureate, <b><i>cuirassed</i></b>, right, viewed from front&#039;. Unfortunately there are no examples of this type on the OCRE site.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Am I right in thinking this coin is a RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 222? Or is it another type that I am overlooking? Does anyone have an example of a this 222 type?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from the above there are two other things on the coin that I noticed comparing it to other examples:</p><ol> <li>Felicitas is holding the caduceus quite horizontal compared to other examples (although I found a similar one on the internet: <a href="https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/II/Hadrian/Hadrian-RICII-83.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/II/Hadrian/Hadrian-RICII-83.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/II/Hadrian/Hadrian-RICII-83.jpg</a> )<br /> <br /> </li> <li>The position of the gap in the obverse legend (TRAIANH-ADRIANVS) seems peculiar. I haven&#039;t found it anywhere. Usually it seems to be TRAIAN-HADRIANVS.[ATTACH=full]1154302[/ATTACH]<br /> Thanks in advance<br /> Kind regards, <br /> Paul</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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