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0158 Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Roma
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Reference.
RIC II, 547; Strack 511; C. 91; BMC 1120; RIC 158
Bust A4
Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust with drapery.
Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II in ex. ADVENTVS AVG / S C
Roma seated right on cuirass and shield, holding vertical spear and clasping hands with Hadrian, standing left, and holding scroll
28.79 gr
35 mm
6h
Legend: reads PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) COS [II], or “Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas [i.e. endowed with power of tribune], Consul for the second time.” The reverse exergue reads ADVENTVS [AVG](usti), or “the arrival of Augustus,” and S(enatus) C(onsulto), which indicates the coin’s value is supported “by the decree of the Senate.”
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![0158 Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Roma
Reference.
RIC II, 547; Strack 511; C. 91; BMC 1120; RIC 158
Bust A4
Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust with drapery.
Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II in ex. ADVENTVS AVG / S C
Roma seated right on cuirass and shield, holding vertical spear and clasping hands with Hadrian, standing left, and holding scroll
28.79 gr
35 mm
6h
Legend: reads PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) COS [II], or “Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas [i.e. endowed with power of tribune], Consul for the second time.” The reverse exergue reads ADVENTVS [AVG](usti), or “the arrival of Augustus,” and S(enatus) C(onsulto), which indicates the coin’s value is supported “by the decree of the Senate.”
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0158 Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Roma
Reference.
RIC II, 547; Strack 511; C. 91; BMC 1120; RIC 158
Bust A4
Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust with drapery.
Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II in ex. ADVENTVS AVG / S C
Roma seated right on cuirass and shield, holding vertical spear and clasping hands with Hadrian, standing left, and holding scroll
28.79 gr
35 mm
6h
Legend: reads PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) COS [II], or “Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas [i.e. endowed with power of tribune], Consul for the second time.” The reverse exergue reads ADVENTVS [AVG](usti), or “the arrival of Augustus,” and S(enatus) C(onsulto), which indicates the coin’s value is supported “by the decree of the Senate.”
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