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A silver denarius of the emperor Hadrian with a Roma-Virtus reverse Coin Type: Broken silver denarius of Hadrian, 117-138 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 128 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.52g
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGV(STVS)
Laureate bust right.
Reverse: COS (I)II
Roma-Virtus seated right on a cuirass and shield, legs crossed, holding spear behind in right hand and parazonium on knee in left hand.
Ref: RCV (2002) 3472; RIC II 163
Provenance: Bolt (Forvm Auctions), June 2006
BW Ref: 018 024 079
Note: The break is toned as much as the rest of the coin, so is not recent.
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