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Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34mm, 29.14 g 7), Rome, 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with drapery on left shoulder. Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS III / S - C / LIBERTAS RESTI / TVTA Hadrian seated left on platform, extending right hand to woman standing right, holding child on left arm and placing right on head of a second child at her right side. Banti 517. BMC 1160. Cohen 949. Hill 125. RIC 568. Very rare. Lovely glossy, sea-green patina. Extremely fine.
From the GH Collection, ex Leu 65, 21 May 1996, 366 (sold for 5,200 CHF).
Trajan was very generous in his support of orphans in Italy. Hadrian continued this policy, and celebrated it as a restoration of liberty (in the sense that he provided the means for these orphans to take their place in society). The scene on this coin is typical for donatives of all kinds, but probably shows a real, albeit staged event, with the emperor giving alms to a mother with her two orphaned children.
From the GH Collection, ex Leu 65, 21 May 1996, 366 (sold for 5,200 CHF).
Trajan was very generous in his support of orphans in Italy. Hadrian continued this policy, and celebrated it as a restoration of liberty (in the sense that he provided the means for these orphans to take their place in society). The scene on this coin is typical for donatives of all kinds, but probably shows a real, albeit staged event, with the emperor giving alms to a mother with her two orphaned children.