Roman Imperial coin – HCR22187

Obverse

Inscription:

HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P

Design:

Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right, viewed from rear

Reverse

Inscription:

ADVENTVI AVG BITH[YNIAE] // S C (in exergue)

Design:

Hadrian, togate, standing right, raising right hand and holding scroll in left; facing him, Bithynia, bareheaded, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and acrostolium in left; between them, altar with bull at the base

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 130 – 133

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

24.9

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

exchange

Acquisition date

10/1948

Source

A. H. Baldwin & Sons

Acquisition credit

Acquired by exchange with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 1948.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP); ticket says '3/0', assumed price in shillings and pence

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 881f

Reference

RIC II.3 (second edition) : 1740

This specimen

Yes

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1740

Contributors to this coin record

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