brm_335717 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 136
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête d’Hadrien. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III PP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Hadrien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus Consul Tertius Pater Patriæ”, (Hadrien auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve (Pallas) casquée, vêtue militairement debout à droite, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (Avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Un seul ruban visible. Au revers, Minerve pourrait être assimilée au palladium dans sa position hieratique. Cette représentation rappelle aussi l’important monnayage de Domitien consacré à la déesse.
Only one ribbon is visible. On the reverse, Minerva could be likened to palladium in her hieratic position. This representation also recalls the important coinage of Domitian dedicated to the goddess
Only one ribbon is visible. On the reverse, Minerva could be likened to palladium in her hieratic position. This representation also recalls the important coinage of Domitian dedicated to the goddess
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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