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ID number: BIRBI-R1159 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Hadrian; Rome Denomination: As/Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 134 - 138 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 12.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2040. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1942. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., draped. Reverse: Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining l., resting l. arm on rock, holding scorpion in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.; basket of corn-ears in front.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P… (Hadrian Augustus, Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: AFRICA; S C in exergue (Africa; by order of the Senate).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 841c
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