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A silver denarius of the emperor Hadrian with a reverse showing the emperor sacrificing Coin Type: Silver denarius of Hadrian, 117-138 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 137 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 19mm, 2.88g
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bare head right.
Reverse: VOTA PVBLICA
Hadrian veiled standing left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod.
Provenance: p.keys@ntlworld.com (eBay), February 2002
Ref: RCV (2002) 3550; RIC II 290
BW Ref: 010 036 054
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Note: This is not a fourrée. The flaked area on the reverse of the coin is a lamination defect; the interior is good quality silver.


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