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2026-03-06
🪙 Roman Empire Sestertius — Hadrian, 118 AD

Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian facing right. Legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG.

Reverse: Roma seated right on a pile of arms, holding a spear in her left hand. Opposite her stands Hadrian in toga; both clasp right hands (dextrarum iunctio). Legend: PONT MAX TR POT COS II // ADVENTVS AVG / S C.

📏 35 mm · ⚖️ 26,05 g · 🟤 Bronze

📖 RIC II 547 / RIC II-3² 158

🏛️ Department for Ancient History, University of Freiburg (Inv. 01606)

đź”— https://ikmk.uni-freiburg.de/object?id=ID7559

Shot using a Sony A 7R V, 100 mm, at f/8.0, ISO 100, 1/250 s.

30 photos were focus-stacked for each picture.

Disclosure of generative AI use: removal of single fibres from the rim of the coin.

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Weathered close‑up photograph of an ancient Roman bronze coin standing upright on a dark textured surface against a black background. The obverse shows a right‑facing, laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian in high relief, his curly hair and laurel wreath clearly modelled though softened by corrosion. The metal surface is mottled with greenish and reddish‑brown patina, pitting, and wear, especially across the face and neck. Around the edge runs a worn but mostly legible Latin inscription, “IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG,” following the curve of the coin. Bright, directional lighting from above emphasises the texture of the aged metal and casts a shadow beneath the coin.Bronze Roman coin shown upright against a dark, out‑of‑focus background. The coin surface is worn but detailed, lit from above so the raised designs catch the light. In the centre, the helmeted goddess Roma sits facing right on a pile of captured arms, holding a vertical spear in her left hand. She reaches out her right hand to clasp the right hand of Emperor Hadrian, who stands facing her, draped in a toga. Their joined hands are at the centre of the scene. A circular legend runs around the upper edge of the coin, reading “PONT MAX TR POT COS II,” while the lower inscription, separated by a horizontal line, reads “ADVENTVS AVG” with the large letters “S C” beneath.
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