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ID number: BIRBI-R1146 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: 118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 21.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2009. B. A. Seaby Ltd, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, r., laureate, draped on l. shoulder. Reverse: Hadrian seated l. on a platform on r., extending r. hand; in front, an attendant seated, giving something to a citizen who is mounting steps up to the platform; in the background, Liberalitas standing, holding tessera.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG (Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus). Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS II S C; LIBERALITAS AVG in exergue (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the second time, by order of the Senate; Liberality Augustus).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 552
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