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ID number:  BIRBI-R1145
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Hadrian; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  117
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.35
Weight (g):  25.54
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1799. J. H. Daniels, Brighton, 1934.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, r., laureate, l. shoulder draped. Reverse: Fortune seated l., holding rudder in her r. hand and cornucopiae in her l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CRES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG (Emperor Caesar, son of Divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus). Reverse: PONT MAX TR PO…; FORT RED in exergue (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul, by order of the Senate; Fortune returns).

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 541A

Notes:  This obverse type does not match descriptions of RIC 541A, bust has drapery l. shoulder, not cuirassed.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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