| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 455 Price realized: 22,000 GBP (Approx. 27,869 USD / 25,659 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 136. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, head to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC II.3 2236 (this coin illustrated); C. 1452; BMCRE p.335 note; Calicó 1394a (cf. 1393, same rev. die). 7.38g, 19mm, 7h. Near Mint State. Very Rare and among the finest known examples of the type. This coin illustrated in R.A. Abdy and P.F. Mittag, Roman Imperial Coinage II.3 (London, 2019); Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120, 6 October 2020, lot 770 (hammer: CHF 32,000); Ex Bolla Collection, A. Tkalec AG - Astarte S.A., 28 February 2007, lot 36; Reportedly privately purchased from M. Ratto in 1958. This reverse type most likely makes reference to Hadrian's victory over Simon Bar Kochba in Judaea during the last Romano-Jewish war, known to contemporary Romans as the Expeditio Judaica (Jewish Expedition). Strack (pp. 132–9) and Mattingly (BMCRE p. cxlvi), both attribute the Victory reverses on the late aurei of Hadrian to this victory. This large-scale rebellion lasted from AD 132-136, and succeeded in establishing an independent state of Israel over parts of Judaea for over two years. Jewish gains were short-lived however, as Hadrian drafted in six full legions with auxiliaries and vexillations from up to six further legions, which finally crushed the revolt. According to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jews were killed during the rebellion, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages were razed to the ground, and many more Jews sold into slavery. Roman military casualties were significant; Cassius Dio claimed that "many Romans, moreover, perished in this war". Therefore, Hadrian, in writing to the Senate, did not employ the opening phrase commonly affected by the emperors: "If you and your children are in health, it is well; I and the army are in health." Legio XXII Deiotariana was disbanded after severe losses, and Legio IX Hispana was possibly also disbanded as a result of the war, according to recent scholarship. Estimate: 25000 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 787 Price realized: 45 GBP (Approx. 57 USD / 53 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 137-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / FOR[TV]NA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; S-C across fields. RIC II.3 2410; C. 763; BMCRE 1508. 25.13g, 30mm, 6h. Very Fine; attractive portrait. Ex Dieter Alten Collection, purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 866 Price realized: 100 GBP (Approx. 126 USD / 117 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate heroic bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated to left on pile of arms, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC II.3 542; BMCRE 139; RSC 1103. 3.32g, 19mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 841. Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1396 Price realized: 65 GBP (Approx. 81 USD / 76 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 121-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate heroic bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated to left on pile of arms, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC II.3 542; BMCRE 139; RSC 1103. 3.32g, 19mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 841. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 862 Price realized: 85 GBP (Approx. 107 USD / 99 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 119-120. [I]MP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; S-C across fields. RIC II.3 244; BMCRE 1153. 26.69g, 35mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Ex cgb.fr e-shop; Ex Antonio Carmona Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, lot 1737. Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3546 Price realized: 95 CHF (Approx. 108 USD / 100 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian, 117-138. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.44 g, 6 h), Rome, 133-circa 135. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare head of Hadrian to left, drapery on left shoulder. Rev. TELLVS STABIL Tellus standing front, head to left, holding plow with his right hand and short rake with his left; at feet to right, two stalks of grain. BMC 741 note. Cohen 1427 var. (differing bust type). RIC 2052. Some light marks, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
