Hadrian, Roman emperor 117-138 AD
Harmer Rooke Numismatists (New York)
1986, Dec. 12-13. "The Hoffer Brandenburg Sale" over 2000 lots, very many not photographed, but including a collection of coins of Hadrian.
Hadrian AR Denarius, RIC 154, RSC 297a, BMC 344
Hadrian Denarius. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Minerva standing left, feet close together, ...
Hadrian (117-138)
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Hadrian
Among the most popular choices for collectors who select a single Emperor as a speciality is Hadrian.
Hadrian was born in Spain. His father, Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, died rather early (around 85 A.D.) and he was given to be raised by Acilius Attianus and the future Emperor Trajan who was his fathers cousin.
Hadrian, AR Denarius, 117, Group I, Rome
IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT AVG GER DAC
Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder
PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P ...
Hadrian [b. 76], Trajan's ward, followed a military career, married Trajan's grandniece Sabina, and was adopted just before Trajan's death.
Fake Otho / Hadrian Sestertius
Enlargement
This is one of the more interesting forgeries I have seen recently. Unfortunately it is not in my own collection, lent to me by Jim Hauck so that I would study and photograph it.
SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG P P
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Concordia seated left, holding patera and scepter, ear of wheat? under chair ...
Hadrian
Countermark "laureate" frequent on Traianus (left) and rarer on a Hadrianus (right) AEs from Antiochia.
Hadrian
Roman Empire, AV Gold Aureus AD117-138 (7.26 gm). Rome Mint. Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG Draped, cuirassed bust, laureate, to facing right. Reverse: P M TR P COS III Mars standing facing, holding spear and shield. RIC 65.
GF73e GERASA, HADRIAN. 117-118. Æ16. Bust right/Draped bust of Artemis-Tyche right, quiver at shoulder, bow in front. Ros-9. VF $135 ...
Hadrian having suppressed a great rebellion of the Jews against the Roman government, proceeded to expel them from Jerusalem; and, after destroying the once Holy City, which he prohibited the Jews from approaching on pain of death, ...
Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Obv: AV KA AV KOMOÎ"OC
Draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AÎ"PIANOÎ OΛEI
Eagle standing facing, head left, wings open.
(Moushmov 2555a) ...
Hadrian 117 - 138 CE; AR Denarius Struck in Rome, 128 CE
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Star within crescent.
RIC II 200; BMCRE 457; RSC 460; Sear 3484 ...
Hadrian was born in Italica, Hispania, to a well-established settler family. He was a distant relative of his predecessor Trajan. Trajan never officially designated a successor, but, according to his wife, named Hadrian immediately before his death.
Hadrianeia (Hill, Journ. Int., i. 241; Imh., Kleinas. M., p. 20). Im- perial— Hadrian to Otacilia Severa. Also quasi-auton. Inscr., ΑΔΡΙΑ- ΝΕΩΝ.
25. Hadrian, A.D. 117-138, brass sestertius.
26. Antoninus Pius, A.D. 138-161, brass sestertius.
27. Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus, gold aureus.
BB526. Hadrian, AD 117-138, AE As. Hadrian head rt./2 figures clasp hands. Centered, brown tone, clear recognizable portrait, partially clear reverse, Very Good SOLD ...
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Picture Hadrian (117-138). AE Dupondius. Radiate head right / Hilaritas between two children. HILARITAS P R. COS III in exergue. S C in field. (S1129) F.
Legend : HADRIANVS - AVG COS III PP.
Translation : "Hadrianus Augustus Consul Tertius Pater Patriæ", (Hadrien auguste consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Sestertius of Hadrian, dupondius of Antoninus Pius, and as of Marcus Aurelius
See also: Roman currency.
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In a study of Hadrian's cistophori published some years ago Lyon's formula was applied to a sample of 463 coins which represented 309 obverses and 410 reverses, or roughly 1.5:1 for obverses and 1.1:1 for the reverses.
The letters which I can make out are HADRIANVSAVCDMT ( there are other letters before and after which I cannot decipher. There are also 3 letters stamped on the front and back which are WRL (these look newer and are they from a museum?) ...
One side of the coin features the monarch, and the other side has Britannia herself, the personification of the country first used on Roman coins of the emperor Hadrian.
Trajan's puppet, Parthamaspates was a son of Osroes I. He was forced out of Parthia during the troubles following Trajan's death, and was eventually given a throne in Osrhoene by Hadrian, where he founded a dynasty. Mithradates IV (140 AD) ...
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