RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 264
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0119 to 0120
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Lictor standing left, torching heap of bonds and holding fasces; before him, a crowd of citizens (usually three), gesturing toward the action