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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (28mm, 11.85 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, Laureate bust right, slight drapery / PM TRP COS III, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RIC II.3 646 (for similar) and p. 104, legend b (for obv. legend); Dow, ACTTB p. 263 (this coin). Light brown patina, some porosity. VF.
From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 182 (20 February 2008), lot 343 (part of); Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 115 (25 May 2005), lot 399.
This coin, with a reverse type of group three, has the obverse legend of group two. Possibly a hybrid with an obverse of group two paired with a reverse of group three. The coin also has an A2 bust rather than the recorded A and A1 busts recorded in RIC II.3. The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter The Jewish Nation under Rome. CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here. This auction is our final offering of coins from the Dow Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 7 October 2026 at 14:04:40 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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