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A holed silver denarius of the emperor Hadrian with an Italia reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Hadrian, 117-138 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 136 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 2.9g
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head right.
Reverse: ITALIA
Italia standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre in right hand in front and cornucopia in left arm.
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), February 2006.
References: RCV (2002) 3499; RIC II 307
BW Ref: 014 028 073
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