Denarius of Hadrian, "PIETAS AVGVSTI"

Inscriptions

Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, facing right, bearded, laureate. Border of dots. Legend: HADRIANVS AVG(ustus) CO(n)S(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae) (Hadrian Augustus, consul for the third time, Father of his Country) clockwise from seven o’clock. Reverse: Pietas seated, facing left, veiled, resting a scepter in the crook of her left arm and holding a patera in her extended right hand. Border of dots. Legend: PIETAS AVG(usti) (the Pietas of Augustus) clockwise from seven o’clock.

Course History

CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Exhibition History

Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Yale University Collection-Sharing Initiative, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 5-June 24, 2012.

Publication History

IMPERIUM ROMANUM IN NUMMIS, The Roman Empire in and on Its Coinage, a booklet with entries created by Dartmouth students and Professor Roberta Stewart, Spring 2012, no. 19, Kyle DePriest, Class of 2013.

Provenance

Dr. Joseph DeGregorio, Glen Ridge, New Jersey; given to present collection, 2011.

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