- Choice Extremely Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Emperor Hadrian at the Rome Mint between 125-128 CE.
- Approx 18mm, 3.22g, RIC 160, RSC 353.
- Superb laureate bearded portrait with drapery on left shoulder, detailed presentation of Roma (helmet, boots, spear and parazonium).
- Certified by NGC to Ch XF.
- Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder.
- Reverse: COS III, Roma helmeted standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium.
- Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. She embodied Rome in complex ways and symbolized the ideal woman in society.