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Medallion with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 131–132
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 26.13 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1984.581
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian draped and cuirassed, left.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Emperor on horseback right, spear in right hand, above lion, right.
VIRTVTI AVGVSTI
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Emperor on horseback right, spear in right hand, above lion, right.
VIRTVTI AVGVSTI
ProvenanceFrom the Helbing auction, Munich, March 1928, lot 530; by date unknown: V. J. E. Ryan Collection; by 1952: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (Glendining auction of the Ryan Collection, part 5, April 2-3, 1952, lot 2588); by date unknown: Mazzini Collection (Monete Imperiali romane, vol. 2, 1957, p. 153, no. 1471, pl. 54); by 1984: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen auction 66, October 22-23,1984, lot 610); purchased at the Münzen und Medaillen auction on behalf of MFA by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 11 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N 6BJ, England; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., November 21, 1984