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Sestertius - Hadrian ANN DCCCLXXIIII NAT VRB P CIR CON S C, Genius

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint
Year 121
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Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description The Genius of the Circus personified as a reclining male figure turned to the left, his head turned back over his shoulder, holding a chariot wheel in one hand while resting his other arm upon three obelisks positioned on the spina of a hippodrome. The scene commemorates Hadrian's gift of circus games to the Roman people in the 874th year of the city. The senatorial authorization mark S C appears in the field, as customary on base-metal Imperial coinage, and the commemorative legend is distributed around the reclining figure.
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Reverse lettering ANN DCCCLXXIIII NAT VRB P CIR CON S C
(Translation: Anno DCCCLXXIIII Natali Urbis Populo (Plebei or Primum) Circenses Concessit. Senatus Consultum. In the 874th year after the birth of the city [of Rome], a circus is given to the people. Decree of the senate.)
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