ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III left to right round edge: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right
Reverse
IMPERATOR II above round edge/ S - C left and right, in field/ ANCILIA below shields: Two ancilia - oval shields, with rounded projections, like shells, above and below, set upright, side by side.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right
Reverse
ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE S C: Hadrian, togate, on left, standing right, holding roll in left hand and raising right to Africa, wearing an elephant-skin headdress, standing left, facing him, on right, sacrificing over altar in center and holding standard in left; bull next to altar
Diameter (in mm)
32.0
Weight (in gr.)
22.25
Reference
BMC 1630, RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1725
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III left to right round edge: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right
Reverse
IMPERATOR II above round edge/ S - C left and right, in field/ ANCILIA below shields: Two ancilia - oval shields, with rounded projections, like shells, above and below, set upright, side by side.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right
Reverse
ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE S C: Hadrian, togate, on left, standing right, holding roll in left hand and raising right to Africa, wearing an elephant-skin headdress, standing left, facing him, on right, sacrificing over altar in center and holding corn-ears in left; bull next to altar
Diameter (in mm)
32.0
Weight (in gr.)
23.29
Reference
BMC 1630, RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1717
