Æ-As, ca. 134-138, Rome; 14.94 g.

Æ-As, ca. 134-138, Rome; 14.94 g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P draped bareheaded bust of Hadrian to r.//ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE, S - C in the exergue; the emperor Hadrian, clad with a toga, having raised his r. hand for the greeting, and standing at the l. side is looking to the l. where the personification of the province of Judaea, clad with a Graeco-Roman dress and accompanied by representatives of the Jewish people who hold palm fronds in their hands, is sacrificing incense over an altar with a blazing flame. Judaea holds a small incense box in her left hand. Hendin 1606; RIC no. 891; P.L. Strack, Untersuchungen zur römischen Reichsprägung des zweiten Jahrhunderts II. Die Reichsprägung des Hadrian, Stuttgart 1933, 162 f.; J.M.C. Toynbee, The Hadrianic School. A Chapter in the History of Greek Art, Cambridge 1934, 117-121.


An extremely rare coin. Fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 356.