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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2592739, member: 39084&quot;]While my 2016 wasn&#039;t as prolific as most of the collectors on this site, it was nevertheless a banner year for me.&nbsp; Despite a small hiccup with a forgery of a Hadrian travel aureus (documented in another thread on this site), I was quite pleased with 2016 and found an area to branch out from my almost-complete 12 Caesars collection. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. Augustus / Octavian Dupondius (?)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]564725[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>OCTAVIAN (as AUGUSTUS)</p><p>AE Dupondius (?) (20.33 g.)&nbsp; Rome 7 B.C.&nbsp; RIC 429</p><p>CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRI – BVNIC POT Laureate head l., crowned by Victory stg. behind and holding cornucopiae. Rev. M SALVIVS OTHO III VIR A A A F F around S C. From the Gasvoda collection</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4. Hadrian Africa Aureus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564726[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.15 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D.&nbsp; RIC -- cf. 298g</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P bare head of Hadrian&nbsp; r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand on neck of lion stg. L. grain ears behind</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. Hadrian Africa Sestertius</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (25.62 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 840</p><p>HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Laureate head of Hadrian&nbsp; r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand holding scorpion, cornucopia behind</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. Hadrian She-Wolf Aureus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564728[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (6.87 g.)&nbsp; Rome ca. 124 - 128 A.D.&nbsp; RIC II 193d</p><p>HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust right, drapery on l. shoulder.&nbsp; Rev. She-wolf stg. Left, suckling Romulus and Remus; COS above, III in exergue.&nbsp; Biaggi 598</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1. Caligula Three Sisters Sestertius</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564729[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>GAIUS (CALIGULA) 37 - 41 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (28.56 g.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Rome c. 37 - 38 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 33</p><p>C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Laureate bust l. Rev. AGRIPPINA – DRVSILLA – IVLIA Sisters standing: Agrippina as Securitas holds cornucopiae; Drusilla as Concordia holds patera and cornucopiae; Julia as Fortuna, holds rudder and cornucopiae. In exergue, S·C.&nbsp; From the Gasvoda collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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