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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Dupondius (yellow metal), 11.66 (12h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate draped right. Rx: BRITA - NNIA around, S C in exergue, Britannia seated left, head front, setting right foot on pile of rocks, supporting head in right hand, resting left elbow on large round shield, and holding spear under left arm. BM 1724, pl. 94.11 (rev. only, same die as ours, but in a later state, with damage from die clashing in right field). Cohen 195 (citing BM, 60 Fr.). RIC 846 (R2). Fine
Ex Hohenkubin Collection of Roman middle bronzes, Lanz (Graz) IV, 23 November 1974, lot 284
One of the rarest types in Hadrian's "Travel" series of c. 132 AD: only about six sestertii and ten middle bronzes seem to be recorded. Strack 712-713 lists five specimens of the middle bronze with legend BRITANNIA like ours, plus two with legend BRITTANNIA; two others with BRITANNIA are BM 1723A and CNG 70, 2005, lot 961. Not in the Glasgow, Mazzini, or Trau collections; and no further specimens in Berk photo file, CoinArchives Pro, or Wildwinds. A similar Britannia seated type is much commoner, however, on asses of c. 122 AD with reverse legend BRITANNIA PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C
Ex Hohenkubin Collection of Roman middle bronzes, Lanz (Graz) IV, 23 November 1974, lot 284
One of the rarest types in Hadrian's "Travel" series of c. 132 AD: only about six sestertii and ten middle bronzes seem to be recorded. Strack 712-713 lists five specimens of the middle bronze with legend BRITANNIA like ours, plus two with legend BRITTANNIA; two others with BRITANNIA are BM 1723A and CNG 70, 2005, lot 961. Not in the Glasgow, Mazzini, or Trau collections; and no further specimens in Berk photo file, CoinArchives Pro, or Wildwinds. A similar Britannia seated type is much commoner, however, on asses of c. 122 AD with reverse legend BRITANNIA PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C