RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1740-1742
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0130 to 0133
Obverse legend: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: ADVENTVI AVG BITHYNIAE // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Hadrian standing right, raising hand and holding scroll; facing him, Bithynia, turreted and holding rudder or bareheaded and holding acrostolium, standing left, holding patera; between them, altar, usually with bull at the base
Reverse portrait: hadrian