bpv_634887 - HADRIAN Drachme
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Price : 115.00 €
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Price : 115.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: an 18
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 25,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Hadrien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT KAIS TRAIAN ADRIANOS SEB (Autokrator Kaisar Traianos Adrianos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Trajan Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [LI/ IH].
Reverse description : Le Nil couché à droite, tourné à gauche, s’appuyant sur un crocodile et tenant un roseau de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (an 18).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, Nil est couché et appuyé sur un crocodile. L’année n’est pas visible sur cet exemplaire.
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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