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Eastern denarii of Hadrian
okidoki:
Dear cf,
CORRECTION its RIC 3135
Here we have an unlisted coin, the type is only known with HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P legend, https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=141861 RIC 3133
Reference
Strack --; RIC --
Bust C1
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGUSTUS P P
Laureate, draped bust, viewed from front
Rev. AFRICA
Africa, wearing elephant scalp, reclining left, before basket of fruits, holding scorpion and cornucopia
2.94 gr
20 mm
6h
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171554
Din X:
Is this an Eastern mint product?
I bought it but it is still in mail so I will use sellers pictures (I am impatient).
HispaniaRe instead of Hispaniae.
The weight of mine is if we trust seller 2.7g and of the Naumann die match 2,82 so rather low.
The style of this type appears to be more eastern, and the altered reverse legend (Hispaniare rather than Hispaniae) points toward an imitative mistake. Either way, it is very similar to the official Rome product, yet not an exact match.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/115064944554?hash=item1aca67b7aa:g:dFwAAOSwA5FheBjo
Same dies sold as Eastern mint or contemporary imitation of Rome
https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/de/search?text=RIC%20388%20hadrian&companyId=c1228
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4739824
okidoki:
i would suggest post it here https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0
Din X:
--- Quote from: okidoki on October 29, 2021, 07:49:28 am ---i would suggest post it here https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0
--- End quote ---
I thought that this coin is authentic even if it might be a ancient Eastern mint product or contemporary imitation.
I collect authentic coins too and I like the stlye and the sloppy letters of this one and it looked fine (fine = authentic) in pictures and the price was much lower than for the Naumann piece so I thought it would be a bargain, too.
But if there is evidence that this coin is fake I would be happy to know because I planned to put it to my authentic coins and I do not like to contaminate my authentic coins with fakes.
shanxi:
The spelling fault HISPANIARE is also mentioned in RIC (here OCRE)
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.3151
unfortunately no picture
Another example was discussed here:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=101891.0
and BTW: Your coin was previously sold in hungary, october 2020
https://axioart.com/tetel/romai-birodalom-roma-hadrianus-117-138-denar-ag-hadria
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