Coin ID help please

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  1. YOC

    YOC Well-Known Member

    Hi all
    I got this coin a long time ago...it has been quite harshly cleaned.
    Its 25g and 30mm at widest point
    I have looked up hadrian coins in wildwinds and cant find an exact match.
    Looks like the lettering is AETERNA on the reverse...
    Thanks all
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  3. Pishpash

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  4. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I don't have any RIC books, but looking at the archive on numismatics.org your coin appears to be either RIC II 775 (if bare-headed; I can't quite tell from your images) or RIC II 774 (if laureate)

    Sestertius
    CE 134-138
    Rome
    Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P; Bust of Hadrian, bare-headed [RIC II 775, or RIC II 774 if laureate], draped, right
    Rev: ROMA AETERNA S C; Roma seated right on curule chair, holding Victory, who carries trophy, in right hand and spear in left
     
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  5. YOC

    YOC Well-Known Member

    Thanks TIF
     
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  6. GregH

    GregH Well-Known Member

    Nice coin. If i wasn't collecting the portrait series of emperors, i would focus on Hadrian issues.
     
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