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View: Obverse
As with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 119
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 10.53 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, drapery on left shoulder.
IMPCAESARTRAIANVS HADRIANVSAVG
Reverse: Aeternitas (or Genius ?) standing, left foot on globe, scepter in right hand, cornucopia in left.
PONTMAX TRPOTCOSIII in field: S C
IMPCAESARTRAIANVS HADRIANVSAVG
Reverse: Aeternitas (or Genius ?) standing, left foot on globe, scepter in right hand, cornucopia in left.
PONTMAX TRPOTCOSIII in field: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: V. J. E. Ryan Collection; by 1952: with Glendining & Co. Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the V. J. E. Ryan Collection, part 5, April 2-3, 1952, lot 2798, partial); probably acquired in 1952 by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; 1998 year-end gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA