v21_2518 - HADRIAN Moyen Bronze, as, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Moyen Bronze, as, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 134
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 22e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Beau portrait inhabituel. Patine marron foncé. Le champ a été légèrement gratté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [HAD]RIANVS - AVG COS III PP.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue d’Hadrien à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Hadrien auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICITAS AVG// SC.
Reverse description : Hadrien et la Félicité debout face à face, se donnant la main ; Hadrien est à gauche tourné à droite et la Félicité debout à gauche placée à droite ; Hadrien tient un sceptre de la main gauche et la Félicité une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas augusti”, (la Félicité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec ce type de poids, normalement, nous serions en présence d’un dupondius. Les auteurs du BMC préfèrent y voir un as.
Heavyweight. With this kind of weight, we would normally be dealing with a dupondius. The BMC authors prefer to see it as an ace.
Heavyweight. With this kind of weight, we would normally be dealing with a dupondius. The BMC authors prefer to see it as an ace.
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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