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Object Type
Museum number: 1912,0607.145
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 117
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Corbridge, The second Corbridge find. (Corbridge hoard)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.35 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The recording of Trajan's deification on a reverse of Hadrian emphasises Hadrian's succession.
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (45, p.244); Robertson 2000 / An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards (203); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (565); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (24(a), p.342); Strack (Hadrian) / Die Reichspraegung zur Zeit des Hadrian (10); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (28)
Location: On display (G68/dc7/p3)
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Named in inscription & portrayed: Trajan
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1912
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1912,0607.145
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (244) (45)

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