bpv_755693 - HADRIAN Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: an 215
Mint name / Town : Ascalon, Judée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais, court sur les légendes à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Hadrien à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse legend : SEBASTOS, (Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : La déesse d’Ascalon debout à gauche sur une proue de navire à gauche, tenant l’étendard de la main droite et l’asphlaton (aplustre) de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un autel et dans celui de droite, une colombe à gauche ; au-dessous, la date.
Reverse legend : ASKALW/ AKS
Reverse translation : (Ascalon/ an 221).
Commentary
Au revers la déesse qui est parfois assimilée à Decerto tient bien un étendard plutôt qu’un trident. Il faut plutôt y voir la TYche d’Ascalon, liée à une victoire navale qui permit à la cité de s’émanciper du joug Séleucide et lui permit de gagner son autonomie.
On the reverse, the goddess who is sometimes compared to Decerto holds a standard rather than a trident. It should rather be seen as the Tyche of Ascalon, linked to a naval victory which allowed the city to emancipate itself from the Seleucid yoke and allowed it to gain its autonomy.
On the reverse, the goddess who is sometimes compared to Decerto holds a standard rather than a trident. It should rather be seen as the Tyche of Ascalon, linked to a naval victory which allowed the city to emancipate itself from the Seleucid yoke and allowed it to gain its autonomy.
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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