April 12, 2024
HADRIAN, Rome, 119 AD. Silver Denarius. Genius sacrificing over altar.
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[ 4405]HADRIAN: 117-138 A.D. - Bronze Sestertius (20 mm, 3.33 gm.) Rome: 119-122 A.D. Reference: RIC 90-RSC1089. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right. P M TR P COS III, Genius or Bonus Eventus standing left, sacrificing over a flaming altar. Provided with certificate of authenticity.CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC by Sergey Nechayev, PhD - Numismatic Expert Publius Aelius Hadrianus (as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus , and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis , known as Hadrian in English ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was emperor of Rome from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. A member of the gens Aelia , Hadrian was the third of the so-called Five Good Emperors .Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus in Italica or, less probably, in Rome , from a well-established family which had originated in Picenum in Italy and had subsequently settled in Italica , Hispania Baetica (the republican Hispania Ulterior), near the present day location of Seville, Spain. His predecessor Trajan was a maternal cousin of Hadrian's father. Trajan never officially designated a successor, but, according to his wife, Pompeia Plotina , Trajan named Hadrian emperor immediately before his death. Trajan's wife was well-disposed toward Hadrian: Hadrian may well have owed his succession
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