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Author Topic: Hadrian as, LIBERTAS PVBLICA  (Read 15100 times)

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Hadrian as, LIBERTAS PVBLICA
« on: October 07, 2007, 04:18:14 am »
Hi all!
I couldn't find this as online.
The best match was this from Wildwinds:



'HADRIAN,  134 AD -  138 AD
Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head right
Rev: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S C
Libertas standing left holding pileus and scepter.
Mint: Rome
Copper As
Size:  24.93mm,  11.34g
Ref: RIC-818
Notes: Listed as common, but hard to find.'

Although the picture is bare-headed.

My coin matches that description as far as I can see. So is my coin RIC 818?

25x27mm, 8.3g

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Re: Hadrian as, LIBERTAS PVBLICA
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 04:37:49 am »
RIC 918 describes the coin with laureate head; RIC 919 is the same, but with Liberty holding a branch instead of a sceptre. Neither is given with head bare. So the coin with bare head (from Coinarchives, if I understand you correctly) would be a variant to 918.

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Re: Hadrian as, LIBERTAS PVBLICA
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2007, 07:12:39 am »
Thanks!
Is RIC 918 a typo or is Wildwinds completely wrong (there it was RIC 818)?

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Re: Hadrian as, LIBERTAS PVBLICA
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2007, 07:42:46 am »
The numbers around RIC 918 refer to EXERC DACICVS, so it should be a typo! The relating numbers are 818 and 819.
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