Description: Hadrian (117 - 138 AD). AE As, Rome mint 134-138 AD. HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P; laureate and draped bust right / NILVS; Nilus reclining right, holding cornucopiae and reed, crocodile in front, SC in ex.

Diameter: AE25 mm

Weight: 11,58 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RIC 862

Commentary: rare; dark brown patina with lighter highlights, decent details and legends

History: Hadrian touring the Nile in 130 AD saw the landscape devastated by two years of failed flood - one of the possible explanation for the death/sacrifice of his favorite, Antinous.

Article Number: 002-01-06-44147