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UNLISTED BUST TYPE for HADRIAN

This denarius of Hadrian is a well listed type (see RIC139, RSC1353), which is described as Laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder, but if we look we see that the bust is not of the correct style. His shoulder is infact Cuirassed, this feature was cut into the die, as it is a raised feature and not some later re-cutting of the coin. Thus the bust may be discrided as:- Laur. bust r. cuir. on near shoulder, thus so far UNPUBLISHED