Mint and Date: Rome, 129 CE
Size and Weight: 27mm, 11.59g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Hadrian on horse prancing right, holding spear at rest in right hand.
COS III P P S C
Ref: RCV (2002) 3684 var; RIC II 717 var
Provenance: jrmorro (eBay); April 2008
BW Ref: 030 038 127
Note: The undraped head or bust right is not listed in RIC II. However, there are several bust types listed for this as and for other coins of the same group, so an unlisted variant does not seem likely to be rare.
Asses and dupondii from this period are hard to distinguish, but in this case the rim of the hole on the obverse shows a clear reddish copper colour, so this is definitely an as.