Denarius of Hadrian

A request for a full ID and a valuation on the Roman coin pictured here came in from a detectorist signing himself as Darryl.

The coin is a silver denarius dating from the Imperial period. It’s a coin of Hadrian, whose dates are AD 117 to 138. The details given are as if the lettering was clear on both sides.

On the obverse is a laureate bust of the emperor and a legend that reads IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG.  On the reverse the standing figure of Fortuna holds a rudder and a cornucopia and is accompanied by a legend reading P M TR P COS III.

This denarius was struck at Rome during AD 121. The type isn’t listed in volume II of David Sear’s Roman Coins and Their Values but in Roman Imperial Coins it is number 85.

Valuation

The coin is weak in places and has patches of black deposit but it otherwise in Fine condition.  The deposit certainly reduces the eye appeal so I would price it no higher than £20.

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