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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Hadrian| > RS73151
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
|Hadrian|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.|, Liberalitas coin types attest to occasions when the emperor has displayed his generosity towards the people by a distribution to them, in money, provisions, or both. The first mention of Liberalitas was on coins of Hadrian. It was a type frequently repeated by the succeeding emperors. Indeed these instances of imperial generosity are more carefully recorded on coins than they are by history. This coin advertises that Hadrian has made his sixth distribution to the people. Liberality is personified by the image of a woman, holding in one hand a counting board, or square tablet with a handle on which are cut a certain number of holes. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins or other items for distribution to each person. In the other hand she holds a cornucopia to indicate the abundance contained in the public granaries.
RS73151. Silver denarius, RIC II 253, RSC II 938, BMCRE III 663, SRCV II 3506, Hunter II -, VF, attractive style, Rome mint, weight 2.917g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180o, 137 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVG VI (the 6th liberality [distribution of gifts to the people] by the Emperor), Liberalitas standing half-left, coin counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 12, lot 1194; SOLD











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