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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3816366, member: 83845"]That’s an awesome pick up [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] ! Those big ole heavy provincial bronzes feel great in-hand don’t they! Here’s a few of my Hadrians (that you’ve all already seen) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-benefactor-of-africa.347308/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-benefactor-of-africa.347308/">Hadrian: Benefactor of Africa</a>[ATTACH=full]1016730[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireHadrian (AD 117 – 138)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 134 – 138  Dia.: 17 mmWt.: 2.98 gObv.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP; Laureate head rightRev.: AFRICA; Africa with elephant headdress reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of grain at feetEx L. Rose Collection [ATTACH=full]1016729[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireEmperor Hadrian (AD 117-138)AE Sestertius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 134-138Dia.: 31 mmWt.: 22.77 gObv.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P; Laureate and draped bust rightRev.: PIETAS AVG; Pietas standing, praying with hands upraised at alter, left, stork to right, S-C across fieldsRef.: RIC II 771[/QUOTE]