Live auction - brm_1065450 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 620 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 155 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 December 2025 14:36:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 136
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 24,03 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Sesterce bien centré, à l’usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue et drapé d’Hadrien à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Hadrien auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXERC DACICVS/ S C À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Hadrien à cheval à droite, haranguant trois soldats dont le premier porte une aigle légionnaire surmontant un vexillum et les deux suivants une enseigne.
Reverse translation : “Exercitus Dacicus”, (L’armée de Dacie).
Commentary
C’est la troisième fois que nous présentons ce type de sesterce à la vente qui semble de la plus grande rareté. Ce type, bien que recensé dans le Cayon, n’est même pas en photo !.
This is the third time we have offered this type of sestertius for sale, and it appears to be extremely rare. Although recorded in the Cayon, this type isn't even shown in a photograph!
This is the third time we have offered this type of sestertius for sale, and it appears to be extremely rare. Although recorded in the Cayon, this type isn't even shown in a photograph!
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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