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Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
Curtis Clay convincingly argues that Hadrian's "travel" coins naming provinces, including those having him arrive in a province, with "ADVENTVS" legends, restoring a province, with "RESTITVTORI" legends, and those having him address a provincial army, with "EXERCITVS" legends, were actually issued beginning soon after his safe return to Rome from his second journey in 131 A.D. Most references date them after 134 A.D.RB72517. Orichalcum as (or dupondius), BMCRE III 1796, RIC II 942 (R), Cohen II 1227, SRCV II -, aVF, rough and porous, Rome mint, weight 11.106g, maximum diameter 26.3mm, die axis 0o, 131 - 138 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust right, seen from behind; reverse RESTTVTORI AFRICAE, Hadrian standing left, togate, holding volumen and extending hand to raise up kneeling Africa, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding two grain ears; three stalks of grain growing between them, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; ex Morton & Eden auction 59 (13 - 14 Nov 2012), part of lot 957; ex Kenneth Edwin Day Collection; rare; SOLD
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