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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3622309, member: 72790&quot;]I am reading a biography of the Emperor Hadrian and the author wrote something I am looking for more information on. According to this author, who may or may not also be a numismatist, Hadrian issued a coin or coins early in his reign that had the exact date using the Roman system of dating from the founding of the city (Ab Urbe Condita). Supposedly he did this to emphasize to the citizenry that any state that lasted that long would endure forever. [ATTACH=full]971169[/ATTACH] Now,we are all familiar with dating ancient coins by regal year, like the Hadrian Alexandria Tetradrachma here or from the granting of the Tribunician or Consular power as is common on denarii and brass,&nbsp; from which we can extrapolate an accurate date, BC or AD. I have never heard, however of Roman coins dated as so many years AUC. Is this author correct that this was done, either on the coinage of Hadrian or any other coin and if so does anyone have an image of such a coin or coins? Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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