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Object Type
Museum number: 1934,0715.13
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right. (obverse); Hadrian clasping hands with Roma. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 130-138
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Swaby (Swaby hoard)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.090 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (588, p.316); Strack (Hadrian) / Die Reichspraegung zur Zeit des Hadrian (220); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (226var, p.366) (bust var); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (1989)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Representation of: Roma
Acquisition name: Treasure Trove: HM Treasury; Purchased from: Alfred Burton
Acquisition date: 1934
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1934,0715.13
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (316) (588)

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