19 mm. 6:00.
A wonderful Hadrian/Trajan hybrid.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head
right
/SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, legionary eagle between vexillum
on left and standard on right
The reverse is a well-known legend and type of Trajan!
reverse BMC Trajan 458, plate 17.4 "112-117". Hill
580 "AD 113"
The obverse legend is, according to Hill, on AE
only and of 122-3.
BMC has this obverse for AE only.
19 mm. 6:00. 3.07 grams
hybrid, with Trajan reverse
/DAC CAP in exergue, Dacian captive seated left
on shields
/COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Hill attribtes this reverse of Trajan to 109, at least 8 years prior
to the obverse.
/Victory
and its prototype
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
/PM TRP COS III, Victory right holding trophy forward
plated piece: 19 mm. 6:00. 2.53 grams
Prototype: AR18. 6:30. 3.24 grams.
RIC 101 "AD 119-122", BMC 212, plate 51.1. Hill 237 "AD 123"
19 mm. 6:00. 3.03 grams.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
/ADOPTIO below, PM TRP COS II around
This reverse type of ADOPTIO does not officially
come with this legend around.
weak strike
Prototype: RSC 5, Hill: issue of AD 117
copper core. 17 mm. 7:00. 2.33 grams.
and its prototype
ASIA imitation
HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP, laureate head right
/ASIA, Asia standing left, foot on prow
Prototype: AR19. 7:00. 3.18 grams.
Sear 1080. BMC 834, RIC 301. Stuck AD 134-138.
19 mm. 6:00. 3.03 grams
/PIE-TAS across field, [PARTHIC] DIVI TRAIAN AVG
[...]TRP[..OS ..]
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AV [sic, ends without G]
Prototype: reverse of BMC 15 first issue, early AD 117. BMC p.
265 note says there exists in Paris a plated denarius with this obverse
legend, exactly like this one. BMC plate 40.20 has this obverse/PIETAS
with different reverse legend.
20 mm. 6:00. 2.95 grams
/Aeternita, PM TRP COS III
IMP CASE TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVAG(?)
Prototype of AD 120. BMC 163, p. 261, plate 50.5 for reverse,
but obverse legend not listed, but close to some on p. 378 or "barbarous"
types illustrated on plate 68.
18 mm. 3:00.
/FORT RED, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and
cornucopiae
/PONT MAX ... COS II
IMP CAESAR TRAIANV HADRIAN (some letters crude)
Prototype: RIC --, cf. 41 of AD 118, similar obverse , that reverse
with "PONT MAX"
BMC --, cf. plate 48.6 in gold. "PONT MAX" is on AE, not AR or
AV.
18 mm. 6:30.
/Mars walking right holding spear and trophy
/PM TRP COS [COS VI PP .....]
IMP CAESAR TRAIA...RIAN...
Prototype: early style obverse of 117-122. Reverse type of trajan,
legend RSC 271, RIC 338 reverse, p. 268 under Trajan.
19 mm. 6:00. 2.19 grams (light)
IMP [CAE]SAR [T]R[AI] HADRIANVS AVG, long bust
/PM TRP COS III
/female seated left, holding patera and leaning
left arm on back of chair
Prototype: BMC 165, plate 50.6, "119-124 or 125"