- Choice Extremely Fine Emperor Hadrian Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- 3.44g, 18mm, RIC 48, RSC 129.
- Certified by NGC to Ch XF.
- Lustrous surfaces.
- Struck in the later part of 118 CE (COS DES III), appearing on only 5 reverse types.
- The majority of Hadrian's coinage can not be precisely dated due to lack of specificity in the Imperial titles.
- Superb portrait of Hadrian and amazing detailed depiction of Aeternitas and heads of Sun and Moon!
- Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder.
- Reverse: P M TR P COS DES III, AET AVG in field, Aeternitas standing left holding heads of Sun and Moon.
- Aeternitas was the divine personification of eternity. She was particularly associated with Imperial cult as a virtue of the deified emperor (divus). Aeternitas is usually depicted as a veiled woman holding sceptre, globe, and phoenix, or the sun and moon (referring to eternity).
- This type is certainly associated with the deification of Hadrian's adopted Father, Emperor Trajan.
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