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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4722833, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Roman Provincial (Cappadocia, Caesarea): silver hemidrachm of Hadrian, struck ca. 120-121 AD</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271186[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> AYTO KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄBACT, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laureate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laureate" rel="nofollow">Laureate</a> head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian" rel="nofollow">Hadrian</a> facing right.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> ЄT Δ, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. (I think the reverse might be upside-down in the photos.)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia" rel="nofollow">Cappadocia</a>, Caesarea-Eusebia (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayseri" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayseri" rel="nofollow">Kayseri</a> in modern Turkey). Roman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province" rel="nofollow">provincial</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hemidrachm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hemidrachm" rel="nofollow">hemidrachm</a> of Hadrian, Roman emperor (117-138 AD). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Silver, 14.61 mm, 1.7. Struck ca. 120-121 AD. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins), 13 May 2020.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">While reverse of this piece isn't terrific and it has some deposits, it has a pretty good portrait of Hadrian, and I thought it was interesting. Anytime I see interesting ancient silver with a decent portrait that is this inexpensive, I sit up and take notice- know what I mean?</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271186[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271187[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271188[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271189[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271190[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271191[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4722833, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Roman Provincial (Cappadocia, Caesarea): silver hemidrachm of Hadrian, struck ca. 120-121 AD[/B] [ATTACH=full]1271186[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse:[/B] AYTO KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄBACT, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laureate']Laureate[/URL] head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian']Hadrian[/URL] facing right. [B]Reverse:[/B] ЄT Δ, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. (I think the reverse might be upside-down in the photos.) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia']Cappadocia[/URL], Caesarea-Eusebia (now [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayseri']Kayseri[/URL] in modern Turkey). Roman [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province']provincial[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hemidrachm']hemidrachm[/URL] of Hadrian, Roman emperor (117-138 AD). Silver, 14.61 mm, 1.7. Struck ca. 120-121 AD. Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins), 13 May 2020. While reverse of this piece isn't terrific and it has some deposits, it has a pretty good portrait of Hadrian, and I thought it was interesting. Anytime I see interesting ancient silver with a decent portrait that is this inexpensive, I sit up and take notice- know what I mean? [ATTACH=full]1271186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1271187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1271188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1271189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1271190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1271191[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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