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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 3249104, member: 70512&quot;]<b>Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Hadrian and Liberalitas</b></p><p>Reference.</p><p>RIC 552; Strack ; Hunter II 324, BMCRE III 1137, Cohen II 914, SRCV II 3606 var. (band over shoulder, S - C at sides)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG</p><p>Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, seen from front</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II / S C LIBERALITAS AVG</p><p>Hadrian seated left on raised platform, before him sits an attendant distributing coins to a togate citizen climbing steps of platform, Liberalitas standing left on far side of attendant, holding coin counter, LIBERALITAS AVG / S C (senatus consulto) in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>25.81 gr</p><p>35 mm</p><p>6h</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>The generosity and munificent largesses of Hadrian, after having been recorded many times on various coins and in diverse ways, are on the reverse of a first brass medal of great rarity, glorified altogether by the above splendid title, &quot;The Benefactor of the World,&quot; a superlative the more remarkable, inasmuch as, neither before nor afterward, is it found conferred on any other emperor. -- Dictionary| of Roman| Coins|</p><p>FORVM coin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]852119[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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