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ID number: BIRBI-R1148 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Hadrian; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 119 - 122 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 10.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3465. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1959, Ex Lockett Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., radiate, draped on l. shoulder. Reverse: Annona standing l., holding corn ears and coruncopiae; at her feet, a modius and corn ears; to her r., a prow.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG (Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus). Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C; ANNONA AVG in exergue (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the third time, by order of the Senate; provisions Augustus).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 570
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