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Hadrian, Denarius, Restoration of Gaul reverse, LOOK!

Contemporary forgery

Silver plated; 20mm/3.2gm  Rome mint, c. 134-38 AD

Con/ soft strike at 12 o'clock on the Rx, otherwise, Extremely Fine; lightly toned

Obv/ HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP; bare head left

Rev/ RESTITVTORI GALLIAE; Emperor, togate, standing r., holding scroll in left hand and extending right hand to raise up kneeling personification of Gaul

Ref/ RIC Vol 2, 324 (Hadrian)

Seller's Note/ This is one of a six issue "Province Restoration" series struck by Hadrian and is rather scarce. The others include Achaiae, Africa, Spain, Italy and Macedonia.

Our price of only $395 is a great deal for this very hard to find issue, trust me, especially in such EF condition.