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Object Type
Museum number: 2014,4035.51
Denomination: dupondius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Radiate head of Hadrian, facing right, seen from the back. (obverse); ?Moneta, draped, standing facing left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 119-123
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: King Harry Lane (SF 107)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 27 millimetres (max); Weight: 7.22 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Stead & Rigby 1989 / Verulamium; The King Harry Lane Cemetery; Strack (Hadrian) / Die Reichspraegung zur Zeit des Hadrian (552) (cf); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (586b, p.415) (cf); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (439)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Representation of: Moneta
Acquisition date: 2014
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2014,4035.51

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