Tuesday 23 July 2013

Hadrian, AE As, Holed, Cohen 1142 variation

Hadrian
Augustus, 870 - 891 A.U.C. (117 - 138 A.D.)

 
Coin: AE Assarius
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust facing to the right, his left shoulder draped.
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Pax, standing to the left, holding a laurel branch with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.  
S - C across the fields.

Weight: 6.68 g
Diameter: 26.5 x 24.6 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 210°
Mint: Rome, struck between 121-122 A.D.
Reference: Cohen 1142 variation
Note: Holed in antiquity, likely for use as a Pendant.

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