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Object Type
Museum number: 1872,0709.574
Denomination: sestertius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bare headed bust of Hadrian, right, draped. (obverse); Mauretania, wearing short tunic, standing right, head turned back left, leading horse by bridle with right hand and holding two javelins in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 130-138
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Excavator/field collector
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 24.18 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (1758 p.512); Strack (Hadrian) / Die Reichspraegung zur Zeit des Hadrian (724); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (854, p.448); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (1687)
Location: Not on display
Condition: tooled on obverse
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Named in inscription & portrayed: Mauretania
Associated places: Associated with: Mauretania
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1872
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1872,0709.574
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (512) (1758)

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