Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Hadrian. Silver Denarius (3.33 g), AD 117-138. Rome, AD 121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRI[A]NVS AVG, laureate and draped bust of Hadrian right. Reverse P M TR P COS III, galley sailing left. Cf. RIC 113 (bust); Strack 105; BMC 247; RSC 1174b. Boldly struck in high relief and perfectly centered. A marvelous specimen and delicately toned. Nearly Mint State.

The extensive galley types of Hadrian should probably be placed in AD 121 when he first set out on what became extensive tours of the Roman Empire, the ship of course symbolically representing a long voyage.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis 5 (2-3 December 2008), 230.