Live auction - brm_909567 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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| Starting price : | 250 € |
| Estimate : | 480 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 June 2025 14:58:02 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 124
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,65 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré. Très beau buste particulier. Revers de style fin. Belle patine verte naturelle, légèrement piquée au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS - AVG P M TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Hadrien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertius", (L'empereur césar Trajan Hadrien auguste grand Pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et drapée debout à droite, sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel paré et allumé, tenant une boîte à parfum (acerra) de la main gauche et faisant une libation de la min droite.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augusti”, (La Piété de l’auguste).
Commentary
Très beau buste particulier, en partie héroïque avec la poitrine découverte sous le drapé bien mis en lumière par J. Lacourt, Sesterces des Antonins II, Hadrien pl. 5. 20.
Historical background
HADRIAN
(08/11/117-07/10/138)
Hadrian was born in 76 in Italica. Pupil of Trajan, he married in 100 Sabine, grand-niece of the emperor, and made a career in the staff of the latter, in particular during the Dacian campaign. In 117, he succeeded Trajan, and traveled for twenty years, visiting the entire empire - the only Emperor to have lent himself to this exercise. In 122, Hadrian went to Spain. Childless, he first chose Aélius to succeed him in 136, but the latter died on January 1, 138. Hadrian then adopted Antonin on February 25 and himself chose Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as Antoninus' heirs. He died on July 10, 138.
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