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Aureus with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 118
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 7.15 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1247
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right.
IMPCAESARTRAIANHADRIANVSAVG
Reverse: Salus seated left, phiale in right hand feeding snake coiled around altar.
PMTRPCOSII in exergue: SALVSAVG
IMPCAESARTRAIANHADRIANVSAVG
Reverse: Salus seated left, phiale in right hand feeding snake coiled around altar.
PMTRPCOSII in exergue: SALVSAVG
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.