brm_710651 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 126
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 26,41 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli portrait, quasi TTB+. Revers agréable. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Hadrien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Hadrianus Augustus”, (Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS - III/ S|C.
Reverse description : Roma (Rome) assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, le pied gauche sur un casque, tenant une victoire de la main droite, une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul tertium”, (Consul pour la troisième fois).
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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