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View: Obverse
As with bust of Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 134–138
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 9.46 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Storer Collection
Accession Number32.672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, draped.
HADRIANVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin on head, reclines left holding scorpion and cornucopia, left elbow resting on rock (?) to left, basket of corn-ears.
AFRICA
In ex.: SC
HADRIANVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin on head, reclines left holding scorpion and cornucopia, left elbow resting on rock (?) to left, basket of corn-ears.
AFRICA
In ex.: SC
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Malcolm Storer Collection; gift of Malcolm Storer to MFA, 1932