RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 255
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0119 to 0120
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: PONT MAX TR POT COS III // SC (in exergue)
Reverse: Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, other foot sometimes on grieve or tiaraed barbarian head, holding Victory and spear; beside cuirass, shield and sometimes pile of arms
Reverse portrait: roma