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ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, AE As, LIBERALITAS AVG
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Attribution: RIC 729 {variant, bust type not listed} (RIC II)
Date: 117-138 AD
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS laureate heroic bust left
Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVG COS III PP Liberalitas with cornucopiae
Size: 28mm
Weight: 11.45 grams
Comments from Curtis Clay...
c. 129-131 AD according to my reconstruction, assuming an approximately even production of denarii year by year from 128-138. I see no likelihood in Mattingly's assumption that the mint of Rome struck few coins while Hadrian was away on his second great tour of the provinces, which would result in a later date for your coin.
The coinage of 128-138 is very difficult to date, because the coins bear no titles that specify the year of striking and virtually none of the events commemorated - such as the largesse on your coin - can be firmly dated from other sources.
That's a very fine As, and rather scarce too I think, especially with portrait left.
and also...
Strack, Hadrian 819, reports this middle bronze with head laureate left, maybe just like Brian's, from the St. Pertersburg collection.
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![ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, AE As, LIBERALITAS AVG
[b]Attribution:[/b] RIC 729 {variant, bust type not listed} (RIC II)
[b]Date:[/b] 117-138 AD
[b]Obverse:[/b] HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS laureate heroic bust left
[b]Reverse:[/b] LIBERALITAS AVG COS III PP Liberalitas with cornucopiae
[b]Size:[/b] 28mm
[b]Weight:[/b] 11.45 grams
[b]Comments from Curtis Clay...[/b]
[i]c. 129-131 AD according to my reconstruction, assuming an approximately even production of denarii year by year from 128-138. I see no likelihood in Mattingly's assumption that the mint of Rome struck few coins while Hadrian was away on his second great tour of the provinces, which would result in a later date for your coin.
The coinage of 128-138 is very difficult to date, because the coins bear no titles that specify the year of striking and virtually none of the events commemorated - such as the largesse on your coin - can be firmly dated from other sources.
That's a very fine As, and rather scarce too I think, especially with portrait left.[/i]
[b]and also...[/b]
[i]Strack, Hadrian 819, reports this middle bronze with head laureate left, maybe just like Brian's, from the St. Pertersburg collection.[/i]
Keywords: Hadrian LIBERALITAS](albums/userpics/15915/hadrian.jpg "ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, AE As, LIBERALITAS AVG
[b]Attribution:[/b] RIC 729 {variant, bust type not listed} (RIC II)
[b]Date:[/b] 117-138 AD
[b]Obverse:[/b] HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS laureate heroic bust left
[b]Reverse:[/b] LIBERALITAS AVG COS III PP Liberalitas with cornucopiae
[b]Size:[/b] 28mm
[b]Weight:[/b] 11.45 grams
[b]Comments from Curtis Clay...[/b]
[i]c. 129-131 AD according to my reconstruction, assuming an approximately even production of denarii year by year from 128-138. I see no likelihood in Mattingly's assumption that the mint of Rome struck few coins while Hadrian was away on his second great tour of the provinces, which would result in a later date for your coin.
The coinage of 128-138 is very difficult to date, because the coins bear no titles that specify the year of striking and virtually none of the events commemorated - such as the largesse on your coin - can be firmly dated from other sources.
That's a very fine As, and rather scarce too I think, especially with portrait left.[/i]
[b]and also...[/b]
[i]Strack, Hadrian 819, reports this middle bronze with head laureate left, maybe just like Brian's, from the St. Pertersburg collection.[/i]
Keywords: Hadrian LIBERALITAS")
