Watch List notes:

Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 132 AD, Denarius, 3.01g. Cf. BM-633, RIC-242, and Strack-241. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Head bare r. Rx: FORT.RE - DVCI Fortuna seated l. holding rudder and cornucopia, wheat ear under throne. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Commemorates Hadrian's return to Rome from his second great tour c. 131-2 AD. Very rare with FORT rather than FORTVNAE in reverse legend, and with wheat ear added under Fortuna's seat, apparently signifying that Hadrian's return will guarantee Rome's grain supply. Similarly Tacitus reports that in 64 AD the people of Rome welcomed Nero's cancellation of a proposed Eastern voyage, because they feared that the grain supply would falter in his absence. On the BM specimen of this denarius, pl. 59.11, the wheat ear is shown behind Fortuna's seat rather than below it. Strack-241 lists this BM coin and two others, in Vienna and in Sofia ex Reka Devnia hoard, but does not mention the wheat ear, which he apparently overlooked. . Fine (300)