brm_229039 - HADRIAN Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 124
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré. Beau portrait expressif. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine grise superficielle, légèrement granuleuse avec des reflets dorés. A été nettoyée anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H-ADRIANVS AVG .
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Hadrien à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Trajan Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - COS - III/ HI-LAR/ P-R.
Reverse description : Hilaritas (l’Allégresse) drapée, debout de face, les bras étendus, tenant son voile des deux mains.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium/ Hilaritas Populus Romanus”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois/ la Joie du Peuple romain.
Commentary
Portrait tout à fait inhabituel pour ce type de denier. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent apparaître les ouvrages généraux.
A very unusual portrait for this type of denarius. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
A very unusual portrait for this type of denarius. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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