Roman Imperial coin – HCR22215

Obverse

Inscription:

[HADRI]ANVS AVGVS[TVS P P]

Design:

Head of Hadrian, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[HILARIT]A[S P] R // COS III (in exergue) // S C (in field)

Design:

Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm in right hand and cornucopiae in left; flanking her, male and female children grasping her palm and dress respectively

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 128 – 129

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

25.78

Axis

Diameter (mm)

32.5

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 970b

Reference

RIC II.3 (second edition) : 988

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.988

Contributors to this coin record

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