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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (26.5mm, 11.28 g, 12h). "Restitutor" series. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / RESTITVTOR[I BITHY]NIAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing left, extending hand to Bithynia to left, kneeling right, towered and holding rudder over shoulder. RIC II 949; BMCRE 1804; Cohen 1239. VF, green patina, numerous scratches, some porosity. Rare.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
In this "Restitutor" series, John Melville Jones, in A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins "Province," writes that Hadrian "is shown raising a kneeling province to its feet, the message of the coins being that by his presence he has 'restored' the province from the sad condition into which it had fallen."
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
In this "Restitutor" series, John Melville Jones, in A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins "Province," writes that Hadrian "is shown raising a kneeling province to its feet, the message of the coins being that by his presence he has 'restored' the province from the sad condition into which it had fallen."