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Sestertius with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 134–138
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 31.11 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.295
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, to right.
HADRIANVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Aequitas, standing to left, holding a pair of scales in her right hand and a long sceptre in her left.
AEQVI TASAVG in field left and right: S C
HADRIANVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Aequitas, standing to left, holding a pair of scales in her right hand and a long sceptre in her left.
AEQVI TASAVG in field left and right: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 1900