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Object Number:29-126-965
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Imperial Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Hadrian
Period: Hadrian
Date Made: 125-128 CE
Early Date: 125
Late Date: 128
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Iconography:Bust
Drapery
Cuirass
Hadrian
Horse
Inscription Language:Latin
Outside Diameter:1.9 cm
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929

Description

HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Bust r., laur., draped and cuirassed. COS III Hadrian on horse prancing r.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 361, no. 186cView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Sydenham, Edward A., and Mattingly, Harold. 1923. The Roman Imperial Coinage. v. 2. Vespasian to Hadrian.. London. Spink & Son. Vol. 2. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 275, no. 434View Objects related to this

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