bpv_980438 - HADRIAN Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 117-128 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apamée, Phrygie
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie à l’usure importante mais régulière. Centrée. Joli buste. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Hadrien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A)
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Obverse legend : AU KAI TR. - ADRIANO
Reverse
Reverse description : Marsyas nu, marchant à droite, le manteau flottant, jouant de la double flûte (aulos) ; à l’exergue, un méandre.
Reverse legend : APAME/WN/ MARSU/AS
Reverse translation : (Apamée/ Marsyas).
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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