Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, viewed from front.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP
CAES HADRIANVS AVG COS III (Translation: Imperator Caesar Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time.)
Reverse description
Genius of the Circus, reclining left, head right, holding chariot wheel and placing other arm around three obelisks set on hippodrome spina.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
ANN
DCCCLXXIIII NAT VRB P CIR CON (Translation: Anno DCCCLXXIIII Natali Urbis Populo (Plebei or Primum) Circenses Concessit. In the 874th year after the birth of the city [of Rome], a circus is given to the people.)