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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1135
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Hadrian; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  134 -138
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.80
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3917. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1962.
BIRBI-R1135.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, r., bare. Reverse: The Nile reclining r., holding a cornucopiae and reed in his l. hand. In front, hippopotamus, below, crocodile.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P (Hadrian Augustus, Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: NILVS (Nile)

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 310a

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Hadrian
Roman
76
138
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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