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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Hadrian| > RB91575
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
|Hadrian|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.|, One look at Medusa would turn a man to stone. Bellerophon slew Medusa with one blow of his sword. From her blood sprang Pegasus. Minerva gave Bellerophon a golden bridle with which he caught Pegasus. Later he placed the head of Medusa on Minerva's shield to repay her. But Bellerophon grew proud and sought to ride Pegasus to the Palace of Jupiter in the heavens. Angered, Jupiter, sent an insect to sting Pegasus, causing the winged steed to throw Bellerophon to his death.
RB91575. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC II-3 746, Hunter II 419, BMCRE III 1332, Cohen II 436, Strack II 616, SRCV II 3660 var. (rev. III in exergue), VF, nice style, broad flan, scratches, light corrosion, Rome mint, weight 13.775g, maximum diameter 28.7mm, die axis 180o, 124 - 128 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, radiate bust right, drapery on left shoulder; reverse COS III, Pegasus flying right, S C (senatus consulto) below; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; SOLD











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