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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / LIB PVB in exergue, Libertas seated left, holding branch and vindicta. RIC II 127; RSC 903. Good 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."
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."