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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 1 101 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 101 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 15:01:45 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 117
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Magnifique buste d’Hadrien ainsi qu’un très joli revers de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Hadrien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Imperatori Caesari Traiano Hadriano Optimo Augusto Germanico Dacico", (À l'Empereur césar Trajan Hadrien, au meilleur auguste germanique dacique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P// ADOPTIO.
Reverse description : Trajan lauré en toge debout à droite et Hadrien lauré en toge debout à gauche se donnant la main.
Reverse translation : "Parthico Divi Traiani Augusti Filio Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul Pater Patriæ// Adoptio", (Parthique, fils du divin auguste Trajan grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie// Adoption).
Commentary
Ce type est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C‘est le denier le plus rare de l’émission d’adoption.
This type is much rarer than general works suggest. It is the rarest denier in the adoption issue.
This type is much rarer than general works suggest. It is the rarest denier in the adoption issue.
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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