Hadrian AV aureus, AD 117–138. Struck AD 136-138, 7.33 g. 

HADRIANV AVGVSTVS P P, bare-headed bust left, with drapery on left shoulder. 
DIVIS PARENTIBVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Trajan right, facing draped bust of Plotina left, two
stars above.

RIC 387 var (obverse cuirassed); Cohen 3 var. (ditto); BMC 
p. 306 note *; Strack 355; Biaggi 586; Calicó 1418.

Exceedingly rare, only the second specimen known of this variety

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, May 2013