RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1710
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0130 to 0133
Obverse legend: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, draped, left, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: NILVS // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Nilus reclining left among playing children, holding cornucopia and reed; to left, hippopotamus, sometimes with child rider, and reeds; below, crocodile in water
Reverse portrait: nilus_personification