HADRIEN
T
()

Type
Métal
Poids
Année
Atelier
Sesterce
Laiton
119
Rome

 

Avers :  

Revers :
LIBERTAS RESTITVTA

Informations complémentaires sur cette monnaie

The reverse type of this sestertius commemorates either Hadrian's cancellation of public debts or the continuation of Trajan's Italian orphan-relief policies, and thus a "restoration of liberty." As emperors often employed LIBERTAS as a revese type to juxtapose their own more "constitutional" aspirations against the tyrannical rule of their predecessors, Hadrian's use of it seems inappropriate, since his predecessor was Trajan, an emperor whose name had become a by-word for a just and fair ruler. Trajan had been so diligent in supporting the capital by continuing Nerva's charitable policies and constructing the greatest of the imperial fora, as well as expanding the empire by conquering Dacia and Mesopotamia, that the Senate granted him the official title Optimus Princeps in 114 AD. Hadrian himself did not enjoy the same Senatorial popularity; he removed Roman authority in some of the areas Trajan had conquered, accrued to himself some powers traditionally held by the Senate, and executed four ex-consuls in 118 AD. Moreover, according to the later Historia Augusta, he was the first emperor to use frumentarii, or official spies, to investigate his family and friends.

La cotation dans les différents états

Except.
Superbe
TTB
TB
B+
B
BC
00.000 €
00.000 €
00.000 €
00.000 €
00.000 €
00.000 €
00.000 €

Les références

RIC : 568 COHEN : 949

 

Crédit photo Classical Numismatic Group , Mail Bid Sales 64, Septembre 2004, n° 1058 : 2000 $ => 1870 $