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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8221453, member: 110350&quot;]This is my only &quot;platform&quot; coin. It looks like it might be the same type as [USER=99177]@Marsman[/USER]&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, AR Denarius, AD 120-121, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, bare chest, slight drapery on far shoulder, IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG / Rev. Hadrian, togate, seated left on platform at right, extending right hand towards citizen standing right below platform, holding out fold of toga to right to receive gift from Hadrian, P M T - R P - COS III; in exergue, [L]IBERAL AV[G / III] in two lines. RIC II.3 Hadrian 309 (2019 ed.) [see <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1911.23.111" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1911.23.111" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/collection/1911.23.111</a> (ANS) for similar example]; Old RIC II 129b (1926 ed.); RSC II Hadrian 909; BMCRE III Hadrian 292 [matching rev. legend break]/293 [matching obv. portrait] at pp. 275-276. 17 mm., 2.96 g, 6 h. <i>Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 from Roma Numismatics E-Sale No. 93, Lot 982. </i>[Commemorates third liberalitas (gift or donation) by Hadrian to citizens of Rome, on anniversary of Rome’s founding.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my question: you can see on my example that the citizen on the left is holding out his toga to catch something that Hadrian has just tossed to him, which is still in the air. Does anyone have any idea what it might be? A bag of coins? An ice cream cone? Yesterday&#039;s crumpled newspaper?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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