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Auction: 14005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 154

Hadrian (117-38), Rome, 119, AE As, laureate bust right, rev. [....]cos iii s-c, Britannia seated facing on rock, head propped on right hand, holding sceptre in left, large shield behind right, in ex. britannia (RIC 577b; SMCRE 1175; RCV 3676), the first representation of Britannia, fair

Always a popular coin with collectors, this first representation of Britannia on the Roman coinage, commemorates the supression of a revolt by the Brigantes in the years just before the building of Hadrian's wall.

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