The largest imperial bronze of Emperor Hadrian, in beautiful state of preservation. There is light corrosion on the obverse and the background is slightly smoothed. Made in exquisite style, with emerald patina.
Obverse: Bust of the Emperor wearing a laurel wreath and a fragment of drapery, to the right, in the rim the legend IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG.
Reverse: Annona standing left, holding a horn of plenty and an ear of grain over a modius, behind her a prora, in the fields the letters S - C, in the segment ANNONA AVG, in the rim the legend PONT MAX TR POT COS DES III
Bronze, diameter 34.5 mm, weight 27.14 g.
Coin from Lanz 112 auction, Munich 2002, lot no. 467 and Künker, eLive Auction 77, lot no. 2392.
