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Object Type
Museum number: R.9784
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate bust of Hadrian with drapery on his left shoulder, facing right. (obverse); Hadrian, togate, seated facing left on a platform on the right, extending his right hand: in front of him is an attendant, seated facing left, making a distribution to a citizen, who is standing facing right on the steps up to the platform: in the background on the left is ?Liberalitas, standing facing the front. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 119-123
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.19 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (300, p. 277); Strack (Hadrian) / Die Reichspraegung zur Zeit des Hadrian (73); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (132, p.356); RIC2.3 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. II - part 3 from AD 117-138 Hadrian (316)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; politics
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.9784
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (277) (300)

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