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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cicero12, post: 4955599, member: 114838&quot;]<img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Cicero1212/Hadrian_edited(2).jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HADRIANUS AUGUSTUS, laureate head of Hadrian right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; COS III, Hadrian on horseback right, raising right hand</p><p><br /></p><p>References:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RIC II 186; BMCRE 430; Hill 380; Cohen 406; Calico 1215a</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ex Coin Galleries (Stack&#039;s, December 2007), lot 392; Coin Galleries&nbsp; &nbsp; (Stack&#039;s, February 2007), lot 204; Classical Numismatic Group 42 (May 1997), lot 907; Sotheby’s (London March 1996), lot 183, lot 183; Ex Virgil Brand Collection, Part 1 (Sotheby&#039;s, July 1982), lot 16; Dr. Jacob Hirsch Auction XXXIII (November 1913), lot 1242.&nbsp; Sold to Lederer for 205 Marks, probably Dr. Philip Lederer who died in Lugano in 1944. </p><p><br /></p><p>While this is the second aureus I have posted, it was the first one I acquired.&nbsp; Prior to this purchase, I had been collecting Roman silver and bronze for about a decade.&nbsp; At the time, I had neither the plans nor the means to move into Roman gold. However, the second I saw this piece in an auction catalogue, I knew I had to have it. Thanks to judicious saving, some additional part-time employment, and some timely life-events, I was able to scrape together just enough to make the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I have parted with the rest of my early collection, I know I will never be able to part with this piece.&nbsp; While it is not particularly rare and, despite the fine style, not in the highest condition, it is the coin I have the strongest emotional attachment to. I will never forget the feeling of getting this coin after waiting so patiently for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased this piece unpedigreed, but I have recently come to find the coin has a fairly long history, and at one point was in the Virgil M. Brand Collection.&nbsp; Recently, I have begun to focus on pedigreed Roman gold and I am so glad this coin fits that focus.&nbsp; I fully intend to hold onto it until my collecting days are done.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to see the coin that has been in your collection longest, and learn why you have kept it so long![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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