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<p>[QUOTE="SwK, post: 1998827, member: 22309"]ROMAN Brass Sestertius of Emperor Hadrian AD 117-38</p><p><br /></p><p>Britain’s rarest coin in an amazing state of preservation.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://s25.postimg.org/a0yloaeu7/hadrian_with_info_sarti.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The high relief work of a master die-engraver represents the rarest of Roman & British coins struck, AD 122 commemorating Emperor Hadrian visit to Britain leading to the building of Hadrian’s Wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>This specific iconic Roman coin is one of the finest art works in the form of a coin and was on loan to the British Museum. A coin of Imperial Rome with an extraordinary reverse content, Hadrian is raised high on a platform with scroll ready to give an oration to the Roman legion of Britain indicated by three soldiers at its head bearing two legionary standards and a flag, as seen to the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>The intricate detail of the coin’s craftsmanship – particularly in terms of each figure’s dress and equipment. Behind the three legionnaires bearing the standards was the Army of Britain. Below the wording in Latin is written <b>EXER(citus) BRITANNICVS (the army of Britain)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.petitioncrown.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.petitioncrown.com" rel="nofollow">www.petitioncrown.com</a></font></p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/petitioncrowncoin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/petitioncrowncoin" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/petitioncrowncoin</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SwK, post: 1998827, member: 22309"]ROMAN Brass Sestertius of Emperor Hadrian AD 117-38 Britain’s rarest coin in an amazing state of preservation. [IMG]http://s25.postimg.org/a0yloaeu7/hadrian_with_info_sarti.jpg[/IMG] The high relief work of a master die-engraver represents the rarest of Roman & British coins struck, AD 122 commemorating Emperor Hadrian visit to Britain leading to the building of Hadrian’s Wall. This specific iconic Roman coin is one of the finest art works in the form of a coin and was on loan to the British Museum. A coin of Imperial Rome with an extraordinary reverse content, Hadrian is raised high on a platform with scroll ready to give an oration to the Roman legion of Britain indicated by three soldiers at its head bearing two legionary standards and a flag, as seen to the right. The intricate detail of the coin’s craftsmanship – particularly in terms of each figure’s dress and equipment. Behind the three legionnaires bearing the standards was the Army of Britain. Below the wording in Latin is written [B]EXER(citus) BRITANNICVS (the army of Britain)[/B] [SIZE=3][url="http://www.petitioncrown.com"]www.petitioncrown.com[/url] [url]https://www.facebook.com/petitioncrowncoin[/url][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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