Obverse: Head of Hadrian
Reverse: Hadrian sacrificing
| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Context: | Rome |
| Material: | Gold |
| Denomination: | Aureus |
| Issuing Authority: | Hadrian |
| Actual Weight: | 7.22 g. |
| Date: | exact 134 AD - exact 138 AD |
| Dimensions: | 21 mm. |
| Region: | Latium |
| Period: | Hadrianic |
Obverse Type: A veiled and draped Hadrian (looking like a priest) is standing on the right, facing left, and sacrificing before an altar or a tripod with a patera (a knobbed, sacrificial plate) in his right hand. On the left an attendant is leading a bull and holding a hatchet (?). A soldier with a spear, a flutist and a young boy (?) are all approaching the altar from the left.
Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Commentary: Imperial aureus
Sources Used: BMCRE