Lot 179 - Auction Gemini XIII

 117-138 AD. As, 10.02g (6h). ...
 117-138 AD. As, 10.02g (6h). ...
Hadrian.
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1.500,00 USD

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117-138 AD. As, 10.02g (6h). Rome, c. 125-8 AD. Obv: [HA]DRIANVS - AVGVS[TVS] Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COS [III] above, S C in exergue, Galley traveling left, with seven rowers (two of them, their heads only shown, are in a second row) and ten oars, in stern emperor or helmsman in arched cabin, at prow slanting mast with furled sail at top, on side of prow small mushroom-shaped object (anchor?). Cf. BMC, p. clxvii: "The galleys, like the types of Neptune, look to Hadrian's return (to Rome) by sea". BM 1345 note. RIC 674. Cohen 449 (6 Fr.). Ex CNG E320,12 February 2014, lot 427 ("From the Simon Shipp Collection").
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