Hadrian. Denarius

Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 120-1 AD, Denarius, 3.01g. RIC-377 (R3), pl. 10 (citing Oxford, same obv. die). Obv: IMP CAESAR [TRAIAN] HADRIANVS AVG Bust laureate, cuirassed l., seen from front, with fold of cloak on r. shoulder. Rx: [S]AL AVG in exergue, [P] M TR P - COS III on l. and r., Salus seated l. with l. elbow on arm rest, extending patera with r. hand to serpent rising from altar before her. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Lanz, eBay, 13 May 2012. Rare; possibly only the second specimen recorded with bust laureate, cuirassed l.. gF