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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1042

Roman Empire, Hadrian (AD 117-138), AR Denarii (5): i) Rome, IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery to far shoulder, rev. P M TR P COS III, Fortuna standing left, 2.70g (RIC 392; BMC 170), corrosion to reverse, good to fine; ii) another, as before, laureate head right, no drapery, rev. P M TR P COS III, Victory flying right with trophy, 2.63g (RIC 396; BMC 212), good; iii) another, as before, laureate, cuirassed bust right, the bust cropped, rev. P M TR P COS III, Providentia standing left, holding sceptre and pointing at globe to left, PRO-AVG across fields, 3.11g (RIC 559; BMC 306), very rare with this bust, some corrosion but otherwise fine; iv) another, as before but with laureate and draped bust right, 3.07g (RIC 560; BMC 302), some verdigris to reverse, but otherwise about very fine; v) another, as before, but with laureate bust right, rev. P M TR P COS III, Hadrian standing left with rudder on globe and spear, 2.92g (RIC 567; BMC 238), patches of corrosion but about fine; (5).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]


Covering two outputs of coinage from Hadrian's Third Consulship, covering late 120-121 and late 121-123, we begin to see more expression of the variety of busts for which Hadrian's coinage was known. The latter examples from this selection include a more truncated neck, suggesting a move towards the more stylised busts of the latter Hadrianic period.

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£270

Starting price
£100