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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1045

Roman Empire, Hadrian (AD 117-138), AR Denarii (7): i) Rome, HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, rev. COS III, Annona seated left, holding reaping hook and cornucopiae, globe in exergue, 2.76g (RIC 855; BMC 387 var. (bust)), fine; ii) another, as before, slight drapery to far shoulder, rev. COS III, Virtus seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding parazonium and inverted spear, 2.59g (RIC 862; BMC 372), deposits to reverse, light tone, good to fine; iii) another, as before, 2.70g (RIC 862; BMC 372), good to fine; iv) another, HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate head right, rev. COS III, as before, only Virtus seated right, 2.89g (RIC 919; BMC 479), slight verdigris, but fine; v) another, as before, 3.26g, fine; vi) another, struck c. 128-129, laureate and draped bust right, rev. COS III, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, FORT RED in exergue, 3.11g (RIC 938; BMC 516 var. (bust)), corrosion to each side, yet fine; vii) Rome, HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, rev. TRANQVILITAS AVG, Tranquilitas standing left, holding sceptre and resting elbow on column, COS III in exergue, 3.06g (RIC 965; BMC 526), deposits, residual lustre, fine; (7).

Provenance

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


In delaying his adoption of the Pater Patriae moniker, denoted as P P on his coinage, Hadrian is said to have done so in conscious imitation of Augustus, who similarly delayed his adoption of the title until 2 BC. The new obverse inscription bearing the title also coincides with a reduction of die sizes for denarii, noticeable in comparison to the larger aurei of the period.

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£520

Starting price
£120