Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa AD 124-127.

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Lot: 535. Estimated: $ 75

Roman Imperial, Silver

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa AD 124-127. Laureate head right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus and vindicta. RIC II.3 2990; RSC 374 (Rome mint). Lightly toned, a few scratches, copper oxide deposits. Near VF.

According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, “Libertas”, the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was “the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation.”

Closing Date and Time: 1 June 2022 at 12:58:00 ET.

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