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Title: Roman ID Post by: Kev on February 26, 2012, 01:35:03 PM hi Peter any chance of a id on this Roman please thinks its Hadrian ! cheers its about size of a five pence piece.
Title: Re: Roman ID Post by: DEADLOCK on February 26, 2012, 04:57:52 PM Nice roman casa well done
Title: Re: Roman ID Post by: Metalmickey on February 26, 2012, 05:11:03 PM Nice one Kev, very similar to;
HADRIAN - Egypt, Alexandria, AE Drachm. AVT KAI TRAI ADRIA CEB, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / LIS, Nilus reclining left on rocks, holding reed & cornucopiae; crocodile below to right climbing up the rocks. Title: Re: Roman ID Post by: The Doc on February 26, 2012, 07:03:55 PM Close Mick, but not close enough I believe.
Looks to me like this one: (http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/hadrian/RSC_0140.jpg) Hadrian Denarius. 136 AD. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Bare head right / AFRICA, Africa reclining left holding scorpion & cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet. Sear 3459 vars; RIC II 299; RSC 138 Title: Re: Roman ID Post by: Metalmickey on February 26, 2012, 07:11:42 PM Yeah, have to agree Pete, i think you`ve nailed it ;)
Title: Re: Roman ID Post by: Kev on February 27, 2012, 04:18:31 PM thanks for the help Metalmickey and cheers Peter for the id on Melonhead's denarius. ;)
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