brm_464208 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 136
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Sans patine
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Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P.
Obverse description : Bustelauré et drapé d’Hadrien à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*11).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Hadrien auguste, consul pour la troisième fois, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESTITVTORI - GALLIAE/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Hadrien debout à gauche, tourné à droite, relevant une femme agenouillée.
Reverse translation : “Restitutori Galliæ”, (Au restaurateur de la Gaule).
Commentary
Buste tout à fait inhabituel. Chaque personnage symbolisant une province est déterminé grâce à un attribut bien spécifique : un vase contenant une palme des Jeux pour l’Achaïe, un épi de blé pour l’Afrique, un lapin pour l’Espagne.
A very unusual bust. Each character symbolizing a province is determined by a very specific attribute: a vase containing a palm from the Games for Achaia, an ear of wheat for Africa, a rabbit for Spain.
A very unusual bust. Each character symbolizing a province is determined by a very specific attribute: a vase containing a palm from the Games for Achaia, an ear of wheat for Africa, a rabbit for Spain.
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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