Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Dupondius or As - Hadrian COS III P P CLEMENTIA AVG S C, Clementia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
|---|---|
| Year | 129-130 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#1267, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.1267 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing left, viewed from the rear or side, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy is rendered in high relief with careful attention to the emperor's characteristic beard and laurel wreath. The encircling legend reads HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS around the periphery of the flan. The coin exhibits a dark green patina with areas of cuprite red, consistent with long burial. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, typical of struck bronze issues of the early Antonine period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The personification of Clementia stands in full figure facing left, clad in a long stola and palla, extending a patera in her right hand and holding a long sceptre in her left. The large senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) is prominently placed in the field on either side of the figure, to the left and right respectively. The encircling legend COS III P P CLEMENTIA AVG frames the design around the periphery. The composition is well-centred and the relief, though worn, retains clarity of the main figure and attributes. The reverse field shows the characteristic dark patina and green encrustations of an excavated bronze. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (129-130) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |