RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1461-1464
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0130 to 0130
Obverse legend: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Nilus reclining right on sphinx, holding reed and cornucopia, surrounded by children; in water below, crocodile and sometimes hippo, either facing Nilus or ridden by child
Reverse portrait: nilus_personification