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HADRIAN BRONZE SESTERTIUS, HILARITAS REVERSE

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Code: 10593



Hadrian Bronze Sestertius
Rome mint, AD 128-129. 
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, Laureate head facing right, slight drapery on far shoulder
Reverse: HILARITAS P R, Hilaritas standing to left, holding long palm and cornucopiae; at her feet to left, child grasping at palm, and at her feet to right, child grasping at her dress; S-C across fields, COS III in exergue. 
RIC II.3 988; BMCRE 1372. 
24.83g, 34mm.
A bold very fine, with an interesting reverse.