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13 minutes ago, Herodotus said:

I had an eye on the Mercury/Prow R.R. Sextans that the seller was also offering.  It went for more than I was willing to spend.

Something about the 'style' of the O.P.'s coin didn't/doesn't sit right for me.  I get a 'Paduan' vibe from it.  Since I trust my gut, I decided to not give it further interest.

That stated, my 'Spidey-Sense' is not infallible.  If the only loss is potentially missing out on a coin I'm unsure about; I don't fret too much about it.

What I don't like is the style of the hair.  It's 'brain-like' structure(for lack of a better descriptor) looks more akin to what one would see on a Julio-Claudian Sestertius than an Adoptive Emperors Sestertius.  Could it by a sign of 'tooling' on a genuine coin?  I dunno.

The small (circular)moon craters on the reverse also lend me to take pause.  They look like popped air-bubbles.

This is RIC 706j.  Notice the the 'thicker locks' hairstyle which is what I am more accustomed to expecting on Hadrian portraits.

 

I'm certainly far from being expert enough to be able to condemn or confirm the OP coin's authenticity, I'm simply expressing the concerns that I had in leading my decision to pass on any further interest for it.

Thank you for your insight.   It certainly seems a bit off to me as well.  I also have been examining the reverse area you mentions, there are circular pock marks in the black area at 12 o'clock above the galley.  If you notice this area of the coin is a blackish color unlike the rest of the coin, i believe this to be the original "finish" of the coin.  I think the patina on the rest of the coin to not be natural and perhaps coving up this pock mock surface.  I'm fairly certain I will be returning this coin through eBay.  

15 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Ah! I was paying much more attention to the bust type and the inscriptions than to the direction the galley was facing.

I think it is more similar to1294 but ui'm not an expert.  http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1294

3 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Ok. May I ask what you paid for it on Ebay - approximately? Did the Ebay seller send you the original invoice (copy) of the Ibercoin auction? 

 

PS: You know that this is not one of the 12 Caesars? 😉 

I paid a little over $300 on eBay, it sold for $440 Euro from the Ibercoin auction.  I think the ebay auction started at $100 with no reserve.  I do not have the original invoice but it is the exact coin https://www.ebay.com/itm/325330816175?nma=true&si=6zC5Q1rOjY5oEqYrsBD4CpAscQY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Hopefully that eBay link works, if not I can take some of my own photos for you.  

Not sure I understand your comment on the 12 Caesars?  Did I post in the wrong forum?  I'm new here but I am aware Hadrian was not one of the 12 Caesars, but was adoptive successor of Trajan and one of the "five good emperors"

1 minute ago, Prieure de Sion said:

I don't quite understand it. Sorry.

You bought THIS former IBERCOIN coin on Ebay? So exactly this one? The picture you post here is from Ibercoin. And this is the coin you have now?

Or do you mean that you bought a similar coin on Ebay?

Yes, I bought the coin last week on eBay, it is the exact coin that was sold on the Ibercoin Auction in December 2020 that I have linked, it came with the Ibercoin Auction flip.  

I recently took a flyer on this Hadrian Sestertius on eBay.  It was sold in an Ibercoin auction in late 2020, I won it at a lower price on eBay. https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=4389&lot=1324

It seems to be a RIC 706 variant.  Nearest match I can find is from the Kunst museum  https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID61728&view=vs

It does seem a bit too good to be true to me, It has sort of a pebbly textured patina, I believe it may have been repatinated maybe with the sandy texture added.  What do you all think?