brm_958703 - HADRIAN Denier
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Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 850 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe portrait d’Hadrien, finement détaillé. Frappe plus faible au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Hadrien à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus”, (Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P.
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 tertius Pater Patriæ", (la Clémence de l'auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
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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