RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1599
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, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: AEGYPTOS // S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Aegyptos reclining left, holding sistrum and resting on fruit basket; to left, ibis, usually on a low column
Reverse portrait: aegyptus_personfication