Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC027 (Early Roman sestertius of Hadrian from Rome)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): 118
Not before (date): 118
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC II Hadrian 547, p. 408
Preservation comment: Wear VF+/aVF. Very slight pitting on both faces; specks of dark green bronze disease.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 1130, 1131, no. 812, fig. 23.8
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Sestertius
Numismatic Authority: Hadrian (117-138)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 33.0
Numismatic Mint: Rome
Numismatic Weight (g): 24.86
Obverse Description: Laureate bust of emperor to right, left (far) shoulder draped; within thin band border
Obverse Inscription: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS - HADRIAN[VS AVG]
Reverse Description: Helmeted Roma, seated right on cuirass, holding spear in left hand and clasping right hands with togate Hadrian, standing left; within thin band border
Reverse Inscription: PONT M-AX TR - POT COS II; in exergue, ẠḌṾẸṆṬṾS AVG | S C
Reverse Inscription: VICTORIA | AVGVSTI; in left and right fields, S - C
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC027 (Early Roman sestertius of Hadrian from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc027>