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Aureus - Hadrian AFRICA, Africa
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 130-133 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Africa reclines to the left, depicted as a semi-nude female figure naked to the waist, wearing an elephant-scalp headdress — her canonical attribute in Roman numismatic iconography. Her right hand rests upon or gestures toward a lion seated at her side, while her left arm leans upon a basket or modius, symbolic of the province's agricultural abundance. The composition fills the reverse field with elegance and compositional balance typical of Hadrian's celebrated 'Provinces' series. The inscription AFRICA appears in the exergue or field, identifying the personification in a single bold legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome |
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