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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 4560741, member: 76965&quot;]Hadrian (Roman Emperor 117-138 AD), one of the Five Good Emperors, came from an Italo-Hispanic senatorial background. He was the adopted son and heir of Trajan, who didn’t have a biological heir. He was the cousin of Emperor Trajan and was married to his grandniece, which almost certainly made him heir apparent. It is said that Trajan adopted him on his deathbed even though Hadrian was in Syria at that time. However, some historians argue that the adoption was, in fact, staged by Trajan’s widow Pompeia Plotina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian’s rule was largely one of peace and consolidation. He did not attempt to expand the borders of the Empire but preferred to secure them and even negotiated a settlement with the Partians. He built Hadrian’s Wall to mark the northernmost border of Britannia and suppressed the Bar Kokhba Revolt in Judea. He has been presented in conflicting terms, a benevolent dictator but remote and authoritarian, generous and curious yet enigmatic, conceited, ambitious and cruel.</p><p><br /></p><p>His marriage was an unhappy and childless one and he in turn adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and heir.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128992[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bear-headed, draped bust right / COS III P•P, Hadrian on horseback galloping to right, holding couched lance, cloak billowing behind. RIC 385; C. 501; BMCRE -; Calicó 1247. 7.21g, 20mm, 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual metal feature at 12 &#039;clock resembling an inverted trident-head within incuse area. NGC graded XF 5/5 4/5 Fine Style. </p><p><br /></p><p>Described by the auction house as extremely Rare with only 2 other examples on CoinArchives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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