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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Denarius, 3.50g (6h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate left, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: FORTVNAE - REDVCI Fortuna Redux, veiled, seated left holding rudder and cornucopia. Cohen 783 (Paris). RIC 247. Bust var. of BM 648. About EF
Ex Phillip Davis Collection
The reverse type apparently refers to Hadrian's return to Rome from his second great provincial tour in c. 132 AD. Rare with bust left on obverse: there were no such coins in the Reka Devnia hoard. This coin confirms Mattingly's supposition that the specimen in Paris may show a fold of cloak on Hadrian's shoulder, since Cohen 783 says "bust (not head) laureate left". BM 648 has simply head laureate left, without the fold of cloak. Strack 240 lists four specimens with head laureate left, including the one in Paris, but his bust codes do not distinguish between "head laureate" and "bust laureate, with fold of cloak (or aegis) on front shoulder"
Ex Phillip Davis Collection
The reverse type apparently refers to Hadrian's return to Rome from his second great provincial tour in c. 132 AD. Rare with bust left on obverse: there were no such coins in the Reka Devnia hoard. This coin confirms Mattingly's supposition that the specimen in Paris may show a fold of cloak on Hadrian's shoulder, since Cohen 783 says "bust (not head) laureate left". BM 648 has simply head laureate left, without the fold of cloak. Strack 240 lists four specimens with head laureate left, including the one in Paris, but his bust codes do not distinguish between "head laureate" and "bust laureate, with fold of cloak (or aegis) on front shoulder"