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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4579344, member: 85693&quot;]My attribution on the Hadrian needed some revising, because I found out something interesting that a lot of you probably already knew...did you know late in Hadrian’s reign, radiate crowns were removed from the &quot;male&quot; dupondius?&nbsp; (The ladies never had radiate crowns on dupondii). </p><p><br /></p><p>As with so many things, I didn’t know that.&nbsp; But I just found this out reading the new RIC (<i>Roman Imperial Coinage II.3: From AD 117 to AD 138 – Hadrian b</i>y Richard Abdy, Peter Mittag), page 20.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=D8nYDwAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to this source, the radiate crown removal happened c. 128 until the end of Hadrian’s reign in 138 A.D.&nbsp; Like the as, the dupondius of this era had a laureate bust.&nbsp; Only metal/weight differentiated them, just like the Imperial ladies.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius reinstated the radiate crown on his dupondii.&nbsp; Thank goodness! </p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian has been assigned new RIC numbers too, which are reflected in OCRE online.&nbsp; <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2269-2270" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2269-2270" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2269-2270</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>This being the case, I believe my original post needs correcting.&nbsp; First of all, the “d” after the old RIC number noted a dupondius, I think.&nbsp; So the old RIC 809d is correct, but not the “as” part, since I didn’t understand what I was doing.&nbsp; Rather, I believe it is a “laureate” dupondius, which I am going with because of the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; It has incomplete patina, revealing brassy metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; It weighs 12.37 grams, which seems to be more dupondius than as, given the wear.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hadrian Æ&nbsp; &quot;laureate bust&quot; Dupondius </b></p><p><b>(134-138 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS I[II P P], laureate bust right / FID[ES PVBL]ICA S C, Fides standing right, holding two corn-ears downwards, in right hand and basket of fruit in left.</p><p>RIC II, 3 2269</p><p>(old RIC 890d (dupondius))</p><p>(12.37 grams / 26 x 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I may be utterly confused about all this.&nbsp; If so, please straighten me out.&nbsp; If not, I would be interested to see other “laureate” dupondii of Hadrian, so please share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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