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)
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| 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 |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 254829 |
| References | RIC II.3# 265 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
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.
Reverse
Lictor standing right, holding fasces and torching heap of bonds; before him, a crowd of citizens (usually three), gesturing toward the action.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA
S C
Unabridged legend: Reliqua Vetera Sestertii Novies Mill Abolita. Senatus Consultum.
Translation: 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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