Sestertius - Hadrian PIETAS AVGVSTIS C; Pietas

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Hadrian (117-138)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	121
Value	Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Orichalcum
Weight	25 g
Diameter	32.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 255032
References	RIC II.3# 472, Richard Anthony Abdy, Peter Franz Mittag; 2019. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.3. Hadrian (AD 117–138) (1926 revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.2_3(2).hdn.472 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right, viewed from front.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.

Reverse

Pietas, veiled, standing right before altar, raising one hand and holding box of incense in the other hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PIETAS AVGVSTI
S C

Translation:
Pietas Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Piety of the Emperor. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Comments

Example of this type:
Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

See also

• Mythology

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