E-auction 349-263059 - brm_560763 - HADRIAN Dupondius

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Estimate :	65 €
Price :	22 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	23 December 2019 14:32:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Dupondius

Date: 130

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 15,21 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan épais à l’usure très importante identifiable. Sans patine, piqué et taché

Catalogue references :

C.223 - RIC.714 - BMC/RE.1437 - RCV.3677 - H.1/447

Obverse

Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS.

Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Hadrien à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).

Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus”, (Hadrien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CLEMENTIA AVG - COS III P P/ S|C.

Reverse description : Clementia (la Clémence) drapée de bout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : "Clementia Augusti Consul tertium Pater Patriæ", (la Clémence de l'auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).

Commentary

Monnaie en orichalque faisant plutôt penser à un dupondius plutôt qu’à un as. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous présentons un exemplaire à la vente.

Historical background

HADRIAN

(+10 /07/138)

Posthumus issues

Events precipitated in 138. After the death of Sabine the previous year, it was the turn of Aélius, the adopted son of Hadrian to die at the beginning of the year (January 1). The emperor is sick and misanthropic. He eliminates his brother-in-law and his grand-nephew and purges the Senate before adopting Antonin on February 10, 138. When he dies on July 10, 138, the resentful senators first refuse the deification of their enemy. It will take all the pugnacity of Antoninus to obtain the divine homage for his adoptive father whose ashes are deposited in the cenotaph, which has now become the Castel Sant'Angelo. Antonin, meanwhile, will be awarded the title of "Pius" for his determination and his Piety.