Hadrian - Restitutori Orbis Terrarvm - to The Restorer of the World

i ain't sure what this is, its ol' Hadrian, in copper Rome mint i think. any thoughts? Didn't Hadrian travel with a white elephant given to him? or am i thinking of someone else.

 

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Awesome OP-Hadrian addition (congrats Eduard)

Hmmm, Hadrian travel coins, eh?

Well, I guess all of these have now traveled all the way to Canada (does that qualify?)

Hadrian

 

that last reverse lQQks like the dreaded cobra rattle snake

 

That is one beautiful coin Eduard! Hadrian's coinage is seen by many as an artistic highpoint for Roman numismatic art. Your coin is a great example of such.

 

@TIF showed an excellent Alexandrian drachm of year 15 with Alexandria welcoming Hadrian. Here is my tetradrachm example of the same theme:

24 mm. LIE = year 15 = 130/1 AD.
"Commemorates Hadrian's visit to Egypt in AD 130" Sear GI #1257

 

322 Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD Africa
Rev. RESTITVTORI AFRICAE
Hadrian standing left, holding volumen, about to raise Africa who is kneeling right, holding grain ears and wearing elephant skin headdress; between them, two upright stalks of grain.

 

Great OP sestertius Eduard. I've been building my collection of Hadrian travel coins since I began collecting ancients a couple of years ago.

 

Thank you very much, David!

Thank you aide, and also for posting you collection of Hadrian' travel denarii. Those are great examples.

 

I have to tell you, that one really made me laugh!
Good one!