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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. Laureate head right / Libertas seated left, holding branch and vindicta (liberation rod). RIC II 127; RSC 904. VF, light toning.
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."
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."