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Object Type
Museum number: 2013,4049.56
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bust of Hadrian, bare-headed and draped, right, seen from rear. (obverse); Clementia, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 129-130
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Selby (near Selby hoard pot 1)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 3.15 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (537A) (type); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (1068)
Location: On display (G2/fc169)
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Named in inscription & portrayed: Clementia (Clemency)
Acquisition name
Funder name: Funded by: R B Witschonke (Acquired with the support of Richard Witschonke to the American Friends of the British Museum.); Funded by: American Friends of the British Museum
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2013,4049.56
Additional IDs: Treasure/PAS number: 2010T119 (Treasure Number); Treasure/PAS number: NCL-637961 (PAS Database Number)
Conservation

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