- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1972.251
- People
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Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
- Title
- Aureus of Hadrian, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 125 - 128 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195265
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Art, Roman Art
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.27 g
- Die Axis
- 8
- Denomination
- aureus
- Date on Object
- COS III
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: AVGUSTVS HADRIANVS
- Reverse Inscription: COS III
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- BMC III, 429 var p. 293 n
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.251
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Bust of Hadrian, draped, head bare to r. r.
Rev.: Hadrian, on horse pacing r., raising r. hand
- Publication History
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The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
- Exhibition History
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The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
- Subjects and Contexts
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Ancient Coins
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