RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 242
Denomination: as
Material: ae
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0119 to 0120
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: PONT MAX TR POT COS III // BRITANNIA (in exergue) // S C (in field)
Reverse: Britannia seated facing, foot on rock, drawing up hood of birrus Britanicus and holding spear, elbow resting on shield on the ground; boss of the shield usually has prominent spike
Reverse portrait: britannia_personification