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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lawrence Chard, post: 3946918, member: 1653&quot;]The Hadrian Replica made me jump for a second, as we have been looking out for a minty Hadrian with seated Britannia for the last 10 years or more.</p><p>We do have a earlier coin:</p><p>Four horse chariot (quadriga) &amp; &quot;DEBRITANN&quot; on reverse of silver didrachm (two drachms) with inscription &quot;DEBRITANN&quot;.</p><p>One of the earliest mentions of Britain or Britannia on Roman coins.</p><p>&quot;De Britann&quot; Below Emperor Driving Quadriga on Reverse of Roman Silver Didrachm of Claudius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040065[/ATTACH] </p><p>Of course, we would like to get hold of the similar gold Aureus, but it might be a long wait.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are also proud of this early seated Britannia:</p><p>154 to 155 AD Britannia on Reverse of Bronze &quot;As&quot; of Antoninus Pius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040069[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The first mention on British coins was:</p><p>1672 Copper Farthing of Charles II Britannia Seated - Reverse</p><p>although there was a halfpenny issued with the same date (I can&#039;t remember which of these two were issued first).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1040075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>We do in addition have numerous other photos of Britannia, mainly on British coins.</p><p>Some are on one of our old &quot;legacy&quot; websites at <a href="https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=britannia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=britannia.html" rel="nofollow">https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=britannia.html</a></p><p>We stopped actively updating this site a few years ago, and are still in the process of porting many of our old information pages to our newer site chards.co.uk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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