Reverse: Spes walking

Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Sestertius
Issuing Authority: Hadrian
Actual Weight: 24.35 g.
Date: exact 119 AD - exact 138 AD
Dimensions: 34 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Hadrianic


Obverse Type: Spes (Hope) walking left holding a flower in her right hand and her garment in her left.

Donor: Anonymous Gift in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial sestertius

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 424, no. 1255 ff.;Cohen 1880-1892, 2.202, 1154