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Aureus of Hadrian, Rome

Aureus of Hadrian, Rome

r. 117-138 CE

Hadrian

Roman

obverse: Bust, laureate, draped, cuirassed, r.; reverse: Genius, naked, standing l., holding patera in extended r. hand and corn-ears downwards in l.

Gold

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Coins