Description
Collection Number: WC 2260
Object Number:
Dates: 125 - 127
Denomination: Sestertius
Dimensions: 33.37mm
Weight: 24.56g
Authority: Hadrian
Languages: Latin
Obverse Type: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS; Laureate bust with bare chest with traces of drapery visible on far shoulder, sometimes with balteus strap
OCRE: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS; Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right
Obverse Legend:
HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS
Obverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: N/A
Reverse Type: COS III; S C in exergue; Hadrian standing left upon rostrum in front of a temple on the right; addressing a crowd of citizens who stand before him on left
OCRE: COS III // S C (in exergue); Hadrian standing left on rostrum, addressing citizens to left; behind right, temple
Reverse Legend:
COS - III
Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
S C
Reverse Inscription Comments: Legend starts @ 11 o'clock
Bibliography
RIC II.3, p. 131 n. 826, pl. 90
Wulfing III p. 65 n. 935, Plate XXXVI
BMC p. 433 n. 1310, Plate --
OCRE: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.826-827