Image: Hadrian visit to Judea

Description: Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (27.08 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134/5-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right / ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing right, raising right hand, facing Judaea standing left, holding patera in right hand and cup in left, at her feet, two small boys before her, one behind her, each holding a palm frond; between them, lit altar, behind which is a sacrificial bull lying left. RIC II 893 var. (no bull); Strack 752; Banti 43; cf. Hendin 798; BMCRE 1657 var. (same); Cohen 51. VF, green patina with hues of brown, minor porosity. Extremely rare variety with bull, apparently the third and finest known.
Title: Hadrian visit to Judea
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