Sestertius of Hadrian "COS III"
Hadrian
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
117-138
Bronze
Overall: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm)
Weight: 28.8 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29321
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, facing right, bearded, laureate, with drapery over the left shoulder. Border of dots. Legend: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Hadrian Augustus) clockwise from seven o’clock. Reverse: Roma, seated left on cuirass, helmeted, round shield behind, right foot on helmet, displaying a winged victory in her outstretched right hand and a cornucopia in her left. Border of dots. Legend: CO(n)S(ul) III (consul for the third time) clockwise from eight o’clock. S(enatus) C(onsulto)(by the decree of the Senate) in exergue.
Course History
CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2012
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2014
WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019
WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019
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. 7, Kelly Foley, Class of 2012.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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