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Sestertius - Hadrian ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE S C, Africa
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Hadrian stands facing right in military dress, his right hand raised in adlocutio gesture and his left hand holding a volumen (scroll); before him stands the personification of Africa facing left, wearing an elephant-scalp headdress, holding a patera in her right hand and corn ears in her left. Between the two figures stands a small altar, with a bull typically depicted at its base. The composition commemorates Hadrian's imperial adventus visit to the province of Africa, rendered in the narrative allegorical style characteristic of the Hadrianic adventus series. |
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| Reverse lettering | ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE S C (Translation: Adventus (Roman welcoming ceremony) of the emperor to Africa. Decree of the senate.) |
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