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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 3532412, member: 70512&quot;]<b>Hadrian Sestertius, Roma 134-38 AD Hadrian with Roma and Senate</b></p><p>Reference.</p><p>RIC 968; Banti 193; BMC 1364; C. 352; Hill 388; Strack 632</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P </p><p>Laureate head of Hadrian to right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. COS III / S C </p><p>Genius of the Senate, togate on the left, and Hadrian, togate on the right, standing facing each other, clasping their right hands; behind them, Roma standing right, holding spear in her left hand and resting her right on the others&#039; clasped hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>25.00 gr</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>The Romans often staged events in which the emperor was accompanied by actors dressed to personify symbolic personalities such as Annona, Liberalitas, Roma, et al. Here we see the emperor clasping the hand of the Senate in the presence of Roma, who stands behind them confirming their cooperative spirit by resting her hand on theirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type, representing &quot;Concordia Senatus,&quot; likely commemorates the conferring of the title pater patriae upon Hadrian by the Senate in 128 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938461[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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