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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Hadrian| > RB97380
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
|Hadrian|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.|, This type of reverse usually indicates the birth of a prince, and we would normally assume the boy and girl on the reverse represent children of the emperor. Hadrian and Sabina, however, had no children.
RB97380. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC II-3 988A2, BMCRE III 1372, Cohen II 819, SRCV II 3602, Strack II 629, Hunter II 447 var. (no drapery), VF, well centered, Tiber patina, light corrosion, Rome mint, weight 22.258g, maximum diameter 33.0mm, die axis 180o, 128 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate head right, long neck, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse HILARITAS P R (Joy of the Roman People), Hilaritas standing half left, head left, palm frond in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, at her feet on left a small nude boy standing right also holding the palm frond, at feet on right a dressed small girl standing left and reaching up touching Hilaritas' drapery, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field, COS III in exergue; ex Ammon Shahar Collection; SOLD




  






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Cloke, H. & L. Toone. The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine. (London, 2015).

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