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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3201197, member: 80783&quot;]I already had a Hadrian Sestertius in my one-coin-per-Emperor-collection, but just could not resist this one.</p><p>Now I´m telling myself that it could be OK to keep both as an exception because the other one has a left facing portrait.</p><p>Oh well, Hadrian has so many neat reverses that I might open the gates and just start a sub-collection of his until my perfect Gordian II comes along <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]828551[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III - Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian right / </p><p>MONETA AVGVSTI - Moneta standing left, holding scales in right and cornucopiae in left hand, S-C across fields</p><p>Sestertius, Rome, AD 123</p><p>23,5 gr / 33 mm</p><p>RIC 586c; Cohen 974; BMC 1196; Sear 3611; Banti 548 (2 specimens)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828550[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The goddess Moneta was the protectress of the city´s funds. As such, money in ancient Rome was coined in her temple on the citadel on the Capitoline Hill for over four centuries, before the mint was moved to a new location near the Colosseum.&nbsp; </p><p>Thus, Moneta came to mean &quot;mint&quot; in Latin and was the origin of the words &quot;monetary&quot;, &quot;money&quot;, and &quot;mint&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Paul von Rohden (in Paulys Realencyplopädie der Altertumswissenschaften, 1893) the selection of Moneta as a reverse type shows Hadrian´s interest for the coinage itself, which is also attested by the fact that his coin types are particularly varied and beautifully executed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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