Roman Imperial coin – HCR22026

Obverse

Inscription:

[I]MP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS [III]

Design:

Head of Hadrian, laureate, traces of drapery on far shoulder, right

Reverse

Inscription:

LOCVP[LE]TAT[ORI ORBIS TERRARVM] // S C (in exergue)

Design:

Hadrian, togate, seated left on platform, extending right hand towards two citizens below, advancing right, each holding out fold of toga; between, Liberalitas standing left, emptying cornucopia held in both hands

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Hadrian

Person

Hadrian, AD 117 – 138 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 120 – 121

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

24.44

Axis

Diameter (mm)

33.1

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

L. A. Lawrence Collection

Acquisition date

19/1/1951

Source

Glendining, Lawrence sale II 1094

Source of funds

Evans Fund Capital

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1951.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP); Purchased with thirty-nine others

conservation desired

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 585b

Reference

RIC II.3 (second edition) : 429

Note:

A2 portrait (drapery visible over left shoulder)

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.429

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, mspencer-brown, cgallacher