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Coin Type: Broken silver denarius of Hadrian, 117-138 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 128 CE Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.5g Obverse: Laureate bust right. HADRIANVS AVGV(STVS) Reverse: Roma-Virtus seated right on a cuirass and shield, legs crossed, holding spear behind in right hand and parazonium on knee in left hand. COS (I)II Ref: RCV (2002) 3572; RIC II 163 Provenance: Bolt (Forvm Auctions), June 2006 BW Ref: 018 024 079 Note: The break is toned as much as the rest of the coin, so is not recent. |
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