Aureus of Hadrian
Minted:Rome
Culture: Roman
Date: AD 134-138
Medium: Gold
Dimensions:
13/16 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 2 cm)
7.28 grams
Die Axis: 1
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.111.52
Inscribed: Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Provenance: Frederick S. Knobloch, New York, by 1980; sold, Stacks Numismatists, New York, May 1-3, 1980, lot 550. Sold by Coin Galleries, New York to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1983; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio.Museum of Art, 1991
Label Text
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian; HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Reverse: Personification of the Nile River, holding a reed and a cornucopia,
with a crocodile and a hippopotamus
(J. Powers, 2008)
Reverse: Personification of the Nile River, holding a reed and a cornucopia,
with a crocodile and a hippopotamus
(J. Powers, 2008)
On view
In Collection(s)
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