HADRIAN IMITATIVE SILVER DENARIUS – INTERESTING BARBAROUS ISSUE WITH ENTIRELY GARBLED LEGEND – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN (Inv. 21506)

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21506. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, AD 117–138.
Silver Imitative (“Barbarous”) Denarius, 3.20 g, 19 mm.
Obv. IMP ΓAΓS TRAIAN H[…] AVG SPI TRΛ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right. Rev. RARTII E OVII NEP P M IR P S (S retrograde), Iustitia enthroned left, holding patera and scepter, in outstretched right hand, grounded IVSTITIΛ (S retrograde) in exergue.
Cf. RIC II.3 61 for prototype.
NGC CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, a particularly interesting imitation of the second century with the legend entirely garbled suggesting the engraver was unfamiliar with Latin, although his rendition of the actual designs is fairly accurate.