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LOT 3354
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 120-121. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar to left; SAL AV[G] in exergue. RIC II.3 374; BMCRE 314; RSC 1324. Near Very Fine.(2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
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