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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2410445, member: 70512&quot;]Reference.</p><p>RIC cf535b (SC in ex.); BMC cf 1104 same; Strack cf502 same; Banti 145 ( 1 example)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER, </p><p>Laureate, heroically nude bust right, baldric (sword) strap around neck and across chest, loop on shoulder, seen from front</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P, CONCORDIA and S C in field</p><p>Concordia seated left on throne, cornucopia at side, holding patera and resting elbow on statuette of Spes standing left set on low basis. </p><p><br /></p><p>24.78 gr</p><p>35mm</p><p>h</p><p><br /></p><p>From CNG</p><p>When he became emperor following the death of Trajan in 117 AD, questions immediately arose regarding the validity of Hadrian&#039;s succesion. Although it is clear from Hadrian&#039;s early career and marriage to Sabina (Trajan&#039;s grand-niece) that the emperor brought his young kinsman within the imperial court, Trajan, unlike Nerva before, made no move to adopt Hadrian formally, instead possibly preferring others. This fact prompted Hadrian, in the early days of his reign to emphasize his legitimacy to the succession. Hadrian declared Trajan divus and ordered his ashes installed in the Column of his newly complete Forum. Trajan&#039;s name and titles were incorporated into the new imperial nomenclature, a privilege reserved solely for legitimate heirs. At the same time, coins were struck to associate the new reign with the previous administration and declare a peaceful transferral of power. The legend of our sestertius, DAC PARTHICO (in the dedicatory dative), clearly refers to Trajan, while the Concordia reverse type (to date, uncommon with the addition of Spes), emphasized by the inclusion of CONCORDIA in the exergue, demonstrated Hadrian&#039;s potential willingness for the time to continue Trajan&#039;s policies, thereby insuring continued political harmony, something which disintegrated as Hadrian&#039;s reign progressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498056[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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