RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 260
Denomination: sestertius
Material: orichalcum
Authority: hadrian
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0119 to 0120
Obverse legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III
Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right
Obverse portrait: hadrian
Reverse legend: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM
Reverse: Hadrian standing facing, head left, holding scroll and reaching for sceptre held in talons of eagle, above to left, flying right
Reverse portrait: hadrian