1942.176.200: Aureus of Hadrian, Rome
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.176.200
- People
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Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
- Title
- Aureus of Hadrian, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 119-122 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196345
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.07 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- aureus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
- inscription: reverse: PM TR P COS III
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.200
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- obverse: Bust, laureate, draped, cuirassed, r.; reverse: Genius, naked, standing l., holding patera in extended r. hand and corn-ears downwards in l.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018
Verification Level
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