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Sestertius - Hadrian PROVIDENTIA DEORVM

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (117-138)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 119-120
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Orichalcum
Weight 26.4 g
Diameter 35 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
254824
References RIC II.3# 260
Richard Anthony Abdy, Peter Franz Mittag; 2019. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.3. Hadrian (AD 117–138) (1926 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2_3(2).hdn.260
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.

Reverse

Hadrian standing facing, head left, holding scroll and reaching for sceptre held in talons of eagle, above to left, flying right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM

Translation:
Providentia Deorum.
Providence of the gods.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (119-120) 

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