v31_0247 - HADRIAN Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 352.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 396.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 352.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 396.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 137
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 25e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement décentré au revers sur la légende. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Exemplaire à l’usure régulière. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Hadrien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Hadrien auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FORTV-N-A AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) ou Concordia (la Concorde) debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fortunæ Augusti”, (La Fortune de l’auguste).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle de la Fortune avec un attribut de la Concorde.
Unusual representation of Fortune with an attribute of Concord
Unusual representation of Fortune with an attribute of Concord
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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