RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 1963
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, right, viewed from rear or side
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: EXERCITVS // SYRIACVS / S C (in exergue)
Reverse: Hadrian standing left on low platform, holding scroll and raising hand; before him, a crowd of three soldiers with standards; between them, lictor facing crowd
Reverse portrait: hadrian