Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian

Reverse: Genius standing

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Silver
Denomination: Denarius
Issuing Authority: Hadrian
Actual Weight: 3.09 g.
Date: exact 125 AD - exact 128 AD
Dimensions: 20 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Hadrianic


Obverse Type: Genius, naked to the waist, is standing facing the front with his head turned to the left. He is sacrificing with a patera (a knobbed, sacrificial plate) in his right hand over an altar to the lower left; in his left hand he is holding a cornucopia.

Donor: Gift of Joseph H. Clark

Commentary: Imperial denarius

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 290, nos. 396-400; pl. 54.8