Hadrian - Augustus 117-138 AD - AR denarius COS III Victory
Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate bust right
Rev: COS III
Roms seated left, holding branch
Weight: 2.88 gr
Diameter: 19 mm max
Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born into a Roman Italo-Hispanic family that settled in Spain from the Italian city of Atri in Picenum. His father was of senatorial rank and was a first cousin of Emperor Trajan.