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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4291672, member: 51347&quot;]LOL, Hey! MY ancestors were behind that wall!!!</p><p>This may had been Legionary Emergency Currency limes token money paid cuz my Pict ancestors kept fighting with the Romans at the Wall!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We were so stylish!&nbsp; Grammy and Grampa!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092423[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hadrian, AD 117-138</p><p>Æ &#039;Limes’ Denarius, 18mm, 3.5mm, 6h; after AD 125.</p><p>Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev.: COS III; Genius standing left, sacrificing over a lighted altar and holding cornucopia.</p><p>Reference: cf. RIC II 173, p. 360</p><p><i>From the Doug Smith Collection #397</i></p><p><i>Ex: JA91 [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] </i></p><p><i>Comments:&nbsp; This is a bronze, or ‘limes’ denarius of Hadrian with a fascinating fabric - struck in high relief in bronze of an alloy similar to official issues. If you look at Severan-era Æ denarii, like the Geta in lot 7, you’ll notice that the coins are either cast, or struck in low relief on metal that has turned completely black - suggesting a larger presence of zinc and/or lead perhaps. This is the first ‘limes’ denarius of Hadrian that I’ve come across, and a very interesting coin!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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