Live auction - brm_538632 - HADRIAN Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 15:11:08 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 119
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste d’Hadrien ainsi qu’un joli revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS - HADRIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Trajan Hadrien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONT MAX TR POT COS III/ S|C// LIBERTAS RESTI/TVTA.
Reverse description : Hadrien assis à gauche sur un siège placé sur une plate forme, vêtu de la toge, tendant la main droite, la Liberté debout devant l’estrade, tenant un enfant dans ses bras ; un citoyen ou un petit personnage placée derrière elle.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium/ Libertas restituta”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul/ la Liberté restituée).
Commentary
Buste héroïque d’Hadrien.
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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