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ID number: BIRBI-R1158 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: 134 - 138 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 28.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2020. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1942. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Hadrian r., laureate. Reverse: S - C to l. and r. Nemesis, winged, advancing r., drawing out fold of dress in front of mouth in apotropaic gesture and holding a branch in her l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P (Hadrian Augustus, Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 779d
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