Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian

Reverse: Hadrian with kneeling Arabia

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Sestertius
Issuing Authority: Hadrian
Actual Weight: 26.97 g.
Die Axis: 6
Date: ca. 134 AD - ca. 136 AD
Dimensions: 33.5 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Hadrianic


Obverse Type: Togate Hadrian stands on the left. He extends his right hand to help up a kneeling personification of Arabia. A camel stands between them.

Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial sestertius

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 519, no. 1797, variable; note 1797 (this specimen = Trau, no. 1280); for dating see cxliv