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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8348967, member: 110350&quot;]I was inspired to buy this coin to add to my small collection of &quot;star&quot; coins when [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER] posted an example of the type in [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s recent &quot;Faustina Friday – AETERNITAS and Star Edition&quot; thread (see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-aeternitas-and-star-edition.396436/#post-8340824" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-aeternitas-and-star-edition.396436/#post-8340824">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-–-aeternitas-and-star-edition.396436/#post-8340824</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, AR Denarius, Rome Mint AD 126-127 [see RIC II.3 p. 132]. Obv. Laureate bust right with slight drapery on far shoulder, HADRIANVS – AVGVSTVS / Rev. Six-pointed star within crescent moon (points of crescent upwards), COS III above. 18x19 mm., 3.27 g. RIC II.3 864 (ill. Pl. 20) (2019 ed.), old RIC II 200 (1926 ed.), RSC II 460, BMCRE III Hadrian 457, Sear RCV II 3484 (ill. p. 145). <i>Purchased from cgb.fr, 13 May 2022.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1481107[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>As is often the case, the coin looks quite a bit nicer in hand than in a magnified photograph; the two gouges in Hadrian&#039;s cheek, for example, are hardly noticeable. However, I don&#039;t think any reasonable person could justify classifying the coin as &quot;AU,&quot; as the dealer did -- something typical of dealers in France (see my comment in the recent &quot;Grade inflation&quot; thread).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my 23rd coin of Hadrian, counting both Imperial and Provincial issues. It may not seem like many to a lot of you, but it&#039;s the most I have for any emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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