Roman Imperial coin – HCR22188

Obverse

Inscription:

[HAD]RIANVS AVG COS III P P

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

ADVENTVS AVG BRITANNIAI // S C (in exergue)

Design:

Hadrian, togate, standing right, raising right hand and holding scroll in left; facing him, Britannia standing left, holding patera in extend right hand and [?] 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)

21.69

Axis

Diameter (mm)

31.4

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans; Adolph Hess, F. A. Walters and Percy H. Webb Sale 751, 9/5/1932; Allan Symth; Mackerell and Clark

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

tooled

Tooled

Reverse altered from a ADVENTVI AVG BITHYNIAE to create a new type (see RIC II.3 Hadrian 1740, n.876). As well as the legend adjustment, Bithynia's turreted head dress and rudder in left hand have been altered to create the new reverse iconography

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 882

Reference

RIC II.3 (second edition) : 876 note

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

mspencer-brown