![]() Table of Hadrian Travel Series Denarii.pdf Please post any and all Hadrians that you'd like to share - new or old, Imperial or Provincial, Travel Series or completely unrelated to that Series. ![]() ![]() If not, I have also attached a pdf of the same virtual tray. Instead, here's a "virtual tray" with small photos of all 12 you should be able to enlarge the tray by clicking on it. ![]() Photos and descriptions of all the others can be found in the thread at , so I won't repeat them here. Is the handwriting on the Spink envelope the same as on the others? It looks a bit different to me.Ĭounting Oceanus as an honorary member, that gives me a dozen denarii that are part of, or related to, Hadrian's Travel Series. (with old Spink coin envelope & coin tag stating price of 80 GBP). Purchased from Noonans (Noonans Mayfair Ltd., London, UK), Auction 269, 8 March 2023, Lot 646 ex Spink & Son Ltd. Italia standing three-quarters left, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left, ITA – LIA. Laureate head right, HADRIANVS – AVG COS III PP / Rev. Hadrian AR Denarius, Travel Series, Rome Mint, 130-133 AD (according to RIC II.3 p. In addition, do people think the handwriting on these two envelopes is by the same person as the handwriting on an envelope that came with another Hadrian denarius I purchased from Noonans last July, the Restitvtori Africae coin from the Travel Series? I'm not sure whether the fact that the handwriting is the same implies that both coins were originally purchased from the same dealer, or simply that they were purchased by the same person, and it's that buyer who was responsible for writing the information on the envelopes. Note the reference to CJM (CJ Martin) on the Nilus envelope. I am reasonably sure that the handwriting on the two envelopes is by the same person. Here are the two old coin envelopes that came with the Oceanus and Nilus coins. Is that Nilus's left knee that the hippo is leaning against, or a rock? 1997) (see notation on old coin envelope accompanying coin). Martin Coins (London, UK) (purchased Dec. Purchased from Noonans (Noonans Mayfair Ltd., London, UK), Auction 269, 8 March 2023, Lot 647 ex C.J. 33) (2019 ed.) RSC II 990 BMCRE III Hadrian 860 Sear RCV II 3508 (ill. Nilus, naked to waist, reclining right, resting right arm on urn and holding cornucopiae in left hand above Nilus’s feet, hippo standing left with head raised towards Nilus (mouth open, left ear visible), leaning against Nilus’s upraised left knee crocodile right in waters below NILVS above. Bare-headed draped bust right, HADRIANVS – AVG COS III PP / Rev. So I think I'll consider it an honorary member of that series. Thus, although this type was minted a decade before the coins generally considered part of the Travel Series or "Provinces Cycle" - which were issued towards or after the end of Hadrian's travels - it clearly contemplates travel, and effectively serves as a precursor to the Travel Series. Oceanus is found on a denarius of Septimius Severus of AD 209, alluding to the emperor’s crossing to Britain, and on a medallion of Constans I (see Bononia).” He was represented in art in the form of a river god with added marine attributes. 225: “In Greek and Roman mythology this was the name of the river which was believed to encircle the earth. See John Melville Jones, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, Seaby, 1990), entry for “Oceanus” at p. 109.) To the best of my knowledge, based on a search of OCRE, this type is the first of only three Roman Imperial coins to depict Oceanus. cxxxii: “Oceanus, picturesquely defined by claws on the head, dolphin and anchor at side, clearly marks the way of Hadrian to Britain.” (Hadrian traveled from Gaul to Britain in AD 122 see Clive Foss, Roman Historical Coins (Seaby, London, 1990), p. Purchased from Noonans (Noonans Mayfair Ltd., London, UK), Auction 269, 8 March 2023, Lot 628. Oceanus with crab-claw horns, reclining left, leaning on dolphin (tail up), with his head propped on left hand, and holding up anchor with right hand, P M – TR P COS – III. Laureate head right (no drapery, truncation with part of upper shoulder line viewed from behind), IMP CAESAR TRAIAN – HADRIANVS AVG / Rev. Hadrian, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, AD 121 (late) - 123 (Group 3, see RIC II.3 p. Noonans doesn't always have ancient coins that interest me, and it's not their primary field of expertise (they occasionally make identification errors), but sometimes they offer really nice material that I don't often see elsewhere. These are all from the recent Noonans auctions - I bought them the day before I bought the Henry VII profile groat.
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