RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 409
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0121 to 0121
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: ANN DCCCLXXIIII NAT VRB P CIR CON // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Genius of the Circus, reclining left, head turned back, holding chariot wheel and placing other arm around three obelisks set on hippodrome spina
Reverse portrait: genius