brm_430541 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 137
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec un beau buste. Flan ovale et épais, bien centré. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P .
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Hadrien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Hadrianus Augustus Consul Tertius Pater Patriae", (Hadrien Auguste Consul pour la troisième fois Père de la Patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES P R/ S|C.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et un pan de sa robe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Populi Romani”, (L’Espoir du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. L’épigraphie au revers a probablement été retouchée.
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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