Beschreibung
Material: Silber
Gewicht: 3,28 g
Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 126-7 AD, Denarius, 3.28g. RIC-733 (R2), pl. 17 (Paris, same dies); Strack 156, 2 spec., pl. III (Paris, same dies). Obv: HADRIANVSAVGVSTVS Bust laureate r., fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COSIII on l. and r., Hercules seated l. on cuirass, holding distaff (?) before him and club behind him that he rests on a shield adjoining the cuirass he sits on; on the ground to right of the shield, a helmet. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Rare with Hercules seated left rather than right on the reverse, possibly only the third known specimen, since Strack and the new RIC both record only two such denarii, in Paris and Sofia.. aEF
