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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 3433217, member: 70512&quot;]Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference.</p><p>RIC 547; Strack 511; C. 91; BMC 1120</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG</p><p>Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II in ex. ADVENTVS AVG / S C</p><p>Roma seated right on cuirass, holding spear and clasping hands with Hadrian, who stands left, wearing togate </p><p><br /></p><p>28.79 gr</p><p>35 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legend: reads PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) COS [II], or “Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas [i.e. endowed with power of tribune], Consul for the second time.” The reverse exergue reads ADVENTVS [AVG](usti), or “the arrival of Augustus,” and S(enatus) C(onsulto), which indicates the coin’s value is supported “by the decree of the Senate.”</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911485[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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