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Aureus with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 117–118
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.20 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number68.290
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
IMPCAESTRAIANHADRIANOPTAVGGDPART (no cross bars in first three and fifth A's)
Reverse: Head of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
DIVOTRAIANO PATRI.AVG.
IMPCAESTRAIANHADRIANOPTAVGGDPART (no cross bars in first three and fifth A's)
Reverse: Head of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
DIVOTRAIANO PATRI.AVG.
ProvenanceDate unknown: collection of The American Numismatic Society, Broadway at 155th Street, New York; by 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 12, 1968