Sestertius

Hadrian
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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119-138

Bronze

Weight: 29.2 g

Diameter: 1 3/8 in. (34.6 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glenn Babbitt

174.30.30170

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian right; HADRIANUS AUGUSTUS, Reverse: Roma seated left holding victory in right hand, cornucopiae in left; COS [III] SC, in exerque

Course History

LAT 3.01, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2020

LAT 3.02, Intermediate Latin, Simone Oppen, Winter 2020

LAT 3.03, Intermediate Latin, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2020

LAT 3.04, Intermediate Latin, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2020

LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2022

LAT 2.02, Introductory Latin II, Bryce Walker, Winter 2022

LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2022

LAT 2.03, Introductory Latin II, Simone Oppen, Winter 2022

LAT 2.02, Introductory Latin II, Bryce Walker, Winter 2022

LAT 2.03, Introductory Latin II, Simone Oppen, Winter 2022

LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2022

LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2022

Latin 2.03, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023

Latin 2.04, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2023

Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023

Latin 2.02, Latin II, Florencia Foxley, Winter 2023

Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023

Latin 2.04, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2023

Latin 2.02, Latin II, Florencia Foxley, Winter 2023

Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Spring 2023

Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Spring 2023

Latin 2.02, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2023

Provenance

Glenn Babbitt; given to present collection, 1974.

Catalogue Raisonne

BMC, Vol. III: no. 1299, pl. 12/94

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