Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (21mm, 7.32 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5 - Fine Style, brushed....
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Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (21mm, 7.32 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5 - Fine Style, brushed. Rome, ca. AD 130-133. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian left / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left against basket, sistrum in outstretched right hand, ibis standing right at feet, serpent coiled right behind basket. Calicó 1186. RIC II 296j. Handsome, artistic dies of a highly popular series. From the Randy & Nancy Best Collection. Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born in AD 76, the son of a distinguished Spanish senator and related through his mother to the future Emperor Trajan, who took him into his household when Hadrian was nine years old. After Trajan's accession, Hadrian held a series of civilian posts, including a consulship in AD 108, and commanded legions during the Dacian and Parthian wars. Hadrian was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117; after succeeding to the throne, Hadrian abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of peace abroad and reform at home. He spent most of his 21-year reign traveling, visiting every province of the Roman Empire. Under his patronage, Roman art and sculpture reached its creative peak. Hadrian came to see himself as a "second Augustus," providing the empire with a new foundation as a vast commonwealth of nations under Rome's guiding hand. HID07901242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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