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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: Dumanyu on November 26, 2007, 01:02:10 PM
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Just picked this up today...nice portrait.
Hadrian: 11 August 117 - 10 July 138, A.D.
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/dumanyu2/HadrianSilver.jpg)
Silver denarius, RIC 256, BM 677, RSC 963, gVF, Rome mint, 3.018g, 17.6mm, 180o, 134-138 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right; reverse MONETA AVG, Moneta sanding left holding scales and cornucopia;
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Hey Fred...that's one very nice looking Denarius.
So clear for such an old coin, some of these old coins really surprise me.
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That's what really struck me about this one. Stunning features on the portrait.
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Agree a nice portrait, with a nice numismatic theme (Moneta = money). But the lettering and reverse details look weaker than you normally see on coins of this period. I'm betting this is from Hadrian's travelling mint, struck while he was on tour.