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ID number: BIRBI-R1150 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Hadrian; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 119 - 122 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 24.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, May 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., laureate, draped on l. shoulder. Reverse: Hadrian standing l., holding roll in l. hand and extending r. hand to raise a kneeling woman; globe on left knee.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAESA… TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III (Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the third time). Reverse: RESTITVTORI ORBIS TERRARVM; S C in exergue (Restorer of the world; by order of the Senate).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 594B
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2 Related People |
| Hadrian Roman 76 138
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| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian
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