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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R1149 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B. Maker: Hadrian; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 119 - 122 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 8.80 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 219. Earle Fox bequest or presented by him, 1914. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., laureate. Reverse: Britannia seated front, foot on a rock, resting head on r. hand and holding sceptre. Large shield on r., leaning against rock.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM...CAESA...ANVS HADr...VG (Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus). Reverse: PONT M.... POT COS III S C; BRITANNIΛ in exergue (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the third time, by order of the Senate; Britannia).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 577
Notes: Obverse is badly worn/damaged so it is unclear whether the bust is draped.
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