RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1720
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0130 to 0133
Obverse legend: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, left, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Hadrian standing right, raising hand and holding scroll; facing him, Africa, wearing elephant scalp, standing left, holding patera and corn ears; between them, altar, with bull usually at the base
Reverse portrait: hadrian