- AD 117. Coins dated COS
- AD 118. Coins dated COS ⋅ II
- AD 119 – early 128. Coins dated COS ⋅ III without title P⋅P (Pater Patriae)
- AD early 128 – 138. Coins dated COS ⋅ III with title P⋅P (Pater Patriae)
Collected here are my coins of Hadrian (Denarii are collected in chronological order, 1900 years after they were minted).
The adoption of Hadrian.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P, Trajan and Hadrian standing left and right holding globe between them
Obverse: IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC, laureate head right with slight drapery on the left shoulder
Reverse: PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P, ADOPTIO below, Trajan, holding scroll, and Hadrian standing right and left clasping hands.
The early policy of Hadrian. AD 117.
The change of policy which Hadrian’s accession brought with it is soon reflected in the general tone of the coinage. Hadrian’s coinage during his first two years in power was characterized by a slew of imperial virtues such as Concordia (personification of harmony and agreement), Justitia (personification of justice), Pax (personification of peace), Pietas (personification of piety, dutifulness, loyalty).
Obverse: IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. FORT RED in ex
Obverse: IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS, Justitia seated left, holding patera and sceptre, IVSTITIA in exergue
Obverse: IMP CAES TRAIAN [HADRIANO] AVG DIVI TRA Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right
Reverse: PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M T[R P COS / PAX] Pax standing front, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and cornucopia with her left.
Obverse:: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS PIE-TAS, Pietas standing left, raising hand
Obverse: IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER, radiate cuirassed bust right, draped far shoulder
Reverse: DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P S C, CONCORDIA below, Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow on figure of Spes standing left on low column: cornucopia below seat
Hadrian’s first return to Rome in July AD 118.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG – Bust of Hadrian, radiate head right.
Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS II, ADVENTUS AVG SC in ex, Hadrian standing left clasping hands with Roma seated right on cuirass
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG – Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS II| FORT RED – Fortuna seated left, holding rudder attached to globe and cornucopia
The early policy of Hadrian. AD 118.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: P M TR P COS II, Justitia seated left, holding patera and sceptre, IVSTITIA in ex.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS II PAX, Pax standing left, holding branch in right hand and cornucopia in left
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG – Bust of Hadrian, radiate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS II S C ANNONA AVG – Annona, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopia in left; corn-ears and poppy left, at her feet; behind her at right, prow of ship
Early tetradrachms.
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ – Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β – Eagle standing facing, head left, on leg and thigh of an animal
AD 119-122.
Some of the coins minted between AD 119 and 122 contrasted with his earlier issues. They now include symbols characteristic of the Roman military and featured a variety of militaristic deities, including Minerva, Virtus, Janus, Roma, and most notably, Victory.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and spear
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, left
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Aeternitas standing left, holding heads of Sol and Luna.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Genius standing left, holding patera and corn-ears, altar at his feet.
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Pax standing left, holding branch in right and cornucopia in left
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Salus seated left, holding patera over altar from which a snakes rises to eat offering, left
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Victory alighting right, holding trophy
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right
Reverse: Hadrian in military dress, standing left, holding rudder on globe and reversed spear
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Galley left with mast on left & pilot’s shelter on right
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right, draped left shoulder
Reverse: P M TR P COS III around, AET-AVG across fields, Aeternitas standing left, holding the heads of the sun and moon in her hands
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Head of Hadrian, laureate, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III FEL P R, Felicitas, draped, seated left, holding caduceus and cornucopia
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, LIBERAL AVG III below, Hadrian seated on platform distributing money to citizen in toga
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: P M TR P COS III SAL AVG, Salus seated left, feeding serpent, who is wrapped round an altar, out of patera with right hand
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder
Reverse: P M TR P COS III FELIC-AVG, Felicitas standing left with caduceus and cornucopia
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
Reverse: PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C SECVR AVG, Securitas, draped, seated left, holding sceptre in right hand and resting head on left hand
Travel series.
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, head right
Reverse: RESTITVTORI GALLIAE, Hadrian standing right, holding scroll, raising kneeling Gallia
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare head of Hadrian to right
Reverse: GERMANIA Germania standing front, head to right, holding spear in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on ground
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Bare head of Hadrian to right.
Reverse: NILVS Nilus reclining right on crocodile, holding cornucopiae in his left hand and reed with his right; at feet, hippopotamus.
Other denarii.
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P., Bare head right.
Reverse: VOTA PVBLICA. Hadrian standing left, sacrificing with patera over tripod to left.
Alexandrian mint.
Obverse: AYT TΡAIANOC AΔΡIANOC, laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Obverse: Laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before
Reverse: Hadrian, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch, driving slow quadriga right
Obverse; Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; crescent before
Reverse: Eagle standing right; L E in field
Provincial Coinage.
Obverse: AYTOKR KAICAΡ TΡAIANOC AΔΡIANOC, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: HKY TΡIΠOΛEITΩN, Astarte, turreted, standing right, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform standard and raising hem of robe
Obverse: AYT TΡA AΔΡIANΩ KAIC CEB, laureate bust right
Reverse: TIBEΡ KΛAYΔ, Zeus seated left, holding sceptre, all within tetrastyle temple, date ET AP in ex.
Obverse: ΑΥTO ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄBACT. Laureate head right
Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ(Ν) Π(Ρ) ΤΑ(Υ) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤ / ЄT – K to right and left of club of Herakles Club
Obverse: AKATP. AΔΡΙΑΝCE, Laureate, draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse: ΓΑΖΑ EΕΠΙΔЧΡ, Heracles nude, standing front looking left; right hand resting on club, left holding lion-skin
Obverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse: ΦΛΑ ϹΑΜΟ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΜ; wreath
Obverse: IMP TRA HADRIANO, Laureate head right
Reverse: CI F AVG CAESAR, Apollo standing left, resting left elbow on tripod, right hand extended toward upright serpent
Obverse: IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P, laureate, draped bust right
Reverse: Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath; COL BER below
Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: ΕΤ Ε Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Obverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟ[Ϲ], laureate head right
Reverse: ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ [Π]ΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by wreath
Obverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ. Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse: ΓΑΛΑϹϹΕΩΝ. Zeus seated on throne, left, holding Nike on extended hand, resting on scepter; eagle at his feet
Obv: AΔPIANOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right
Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITΩN, Zeus standing left, holding sceptre and patera, eagle at feet