v24_0337 - HADRIAN Aureus
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 2 800.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 2 800.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aureus
Date: 123
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Flan un peu court, mais néanmoins complet, légèrement irrégulier. Revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR TRAIAN - HADRIANVS AVG..
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé, et cuirassé d’Hadrien à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Trajan Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - COS III// LIB PVB.
Reverse description : Libertas (La Liberté) drapée assise à gauche, tenant une branche de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium// Libertas Publica”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois// la Liberté publique).
Commentary
Normalement la Liberté tient un bonnet et non une branche comme sur notre exemplaire.
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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