| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 447 Price realized: 8,000 GBP (Approx. 10,134 USD / 9,331 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter, naked to waist, seated to left on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC II.3 513; C. 1060; BMCRE 107; Calicó 1304a. 7.41g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; a beautiful well-detailed portrait in high relief. This beautiful aureus was struck after Hadrian had assumed the consulship for the third time in AD 119. In the days of the Republic to assume the consulship once, let alone twice or three times was one of the greatest honours to which a senator could aspire, and was often the culmination of a lifetime of public service both in government and on the field of battle. The Historia Augusta relates that 'his own third consulship he held for only four months' and that 'having himself been consul three times, he reappointed many to the consulship for the third time and men without number to a second term' (HA 8.5-6). Hadrian's largesse and generosity towards the Senate in the early years of his reign stands in stark contrast to the austere, even hostile, attitude that characterise his last; his successor Antoninus Pius earned that most recognisable of cognomens for assuring the posthumous deification of Hadrian, possibly helped by the fact that 'as Hadrian grew more cruel, he rescued many senators from the emperor' (HA 24.4). Estimate: 10000 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 862 Price realized: 2,600 GBP (Approx. 3,294 USD / 3,001 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter standing to right, head facing, with cloak over left shoulder, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC II.3 211; C. 1058; BMCRE 103; Calicó 1301. 7.16g, 19mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; well-centred, with lustrous fields. Estimate: 3000 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 446 Price realized: 6,500 GBP (Approx. 8,234 USD / 7,581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter standing slightly to right, head facing and with cloak over shoulder, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre. RIC II.3 211; C. 1058; BMCRE 101; Biaggi 629; Calicó 1301a. 7.23g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Estimate: 5000 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 450 Price realized: 7,500 GBP (Approx. 9,501 USD / 8,747 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Libertas, draped, seated to left, holding branch and sceptre; LIB PVB in exergue. RIC II.3 361; C. 902; BMCRE 281 (same rev. die); Biaggi 619; Calicó 1284. 7.19g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; a stellar example. Very Rare; among the finest examples to come to auction in the past twenty years. Estimate: 7500 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 448 Price realized: 7,500 GBP (Approx. 9,501 USD / 8,747 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Mars standing facing, holding inverted spear and resting hand on shield. RIC II.3 319; C. 1071; BMCRE 109; Calicó 1312 (same rev. die). 7.23g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Estimate: 7500 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 451 Price realized: 3,400 GBP (Approx. 4,307 USD / 3,966 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC II.3 538; C. 1097; BMCRE 134-5; Calicó 1333. 7.21g, 18mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 106, 16 February 2023, lot 889. Estimate: 3000 GBP |  |
