133 NGC Gen AE As Hadrian Roman Empire Travel Series Rome Return (26050603C)

Genuine Roman Empire AE As coin.

Struck for Emperor Hadrian (adopted son of Trajan) at the Rome Mint 133 CE.

Approx. 25mm, RIC 813, Foss 106, we grade as Very Good.

Reverse depicts Fortuna clasping hands with Hadrian, welcoming him home from his travels.

This is part of a series of commemorative coins issued to celebrate Hadrian's travels throughout the Roman Empire.

Certified by NGC to Genuine.

Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right. 

Reverse: FORTVNAE REDVCI // S C (in exergue): Hadrian standing right, holding scroll and greeting Fortuna, standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder.

Fortuna was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion.