RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1696

Parent Type: ric.2_3(2).hdn.1696-1698

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date Range: AD 130 - AD 133
  • Denomination: Sestertius
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Orichalcum

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
    • Type: Head of Hadrian, right
    • Portrait: Hadrian

    • Reverse

      • Legend: NILVS // S C (in exergue)
      • Type: Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopia; to right, hippopotamus; below, crocodile in water
      • Deity: Nilus

    References

    • Reference: RIC II Hadrian 861a

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