Roman Imperial coin – HCR22190

Obverse

Inscription:

HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

ADVENTVI AVG MAVRETANIAE // S C (in exergue)

Design:

Hadrian, togate, standing right, raising right hand and holding scroll in left; facing him, Mauretania, wearing elephant scalp, in short tunic, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vexillum in left; between them, altar

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)

24.02

Axis

Diameter (mm)

30.2

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1770

Source

Reverend Charles Godwyn

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by the Reverend Charles Godwyn, 1770.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 899f

Reference

RIC II.3 (second edition) : 1784

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1784

Contributors to this coin record

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