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ID number: BIRBI-R1156 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: 132 - 134 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 28.94 Provenance: Haines 2019. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., laureate, draped on l. shoulder. Reverse: S - C to l. and r. Galley moving l. with steersman and rowers.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Hadrian Augustus). Reverse: FELICITATI AVG; COS III P P in exergue (To the happiness of the Emperor; Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 706e
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