Denarius of Hadrian

Coin

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Denarius of Hadrian

Entry/Object ID

E.2025.3

Description

Silver denarius of Hadrian's (117-138 AD). Head of Hadrian, laureate, right. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Nemesis-Victory advancing right, holding branch and raising fold of drapery. VICTORIA AVG

Use

Standard circulation coin

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Notes

Purchased

Mintage

Date made

117 - 138

Time Period

2nd century

Place of Origin

* Untyped Place of Origin

Rome

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

Head of Hadrian, laureate, right. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P

Transcription

Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.

Translation

Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Description

Nemesis-Victory advancing right, holding branch and raising fold of drapery. VICTORIA AVG

Transcription

Victoria Augusti.

Translation

Victory of the emperor (Augustus).

Edge

Edge Type

Plain/Smooth

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

coins (money), denarii

Dimensions

Diameter

18 mm

Weight

3 g

Composition

Material

Silver

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Silver denarius of Hadrian(AD 117–138), showing emperor Hadrian, who, in about AD122 led a retaliatory invasion into north Britain to ‘drive back the Barbarians’ and to establish his famous Wall after a particularly explosive rebellion had likely destroyed most of the forts in the south of Scotland including Trimontium. It was during this rebellion that the wells of Trimontium were first filled with some of the artefacts on display.