Sestertius - Hadrian RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA S C
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman 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 | 25 g |
| Diameter | 32.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 254826 |
| References | RIC II.3# 262 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.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
Lictor standing left, torching heap of bonds and holding fasces.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA
S C
Translation:
Reliqua Vetera Sestertii Novies Mill Abolita. Senatus Consultum.
Old receipts [in the amount] of nine times one thousand (Mill) hundered thousand sestertii (HS) cancelled (nine hundred million sestertii). Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (119-120) | |||||||||||||||
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