Item number: A1655

Year: AD 117-138

Material: Silver

Size: 23.4 x 22.9 x 3.8 mm

Weight: 7.5 g

Provenance: Coincraft 2017

This is a silver coin issued during the reign of Emperor Hadrian of the Roman Empire, dated between AD 117 and AD 138. Due to its considerable age, the coin’s surface has suffered significant wear, rendering many details indistinct.

The obverse of this coin features a right-facing portrait of Emperor Hadrian, with faintly visible details of his curled hair and beard. The reverse side is even more heavily worn, but a left-facing figure can still be discerned, likely representing the Roman deity Jupiter wearing a laurel crown.

Hadrian was the third of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. His most renowned achievement was the construction of Hadrian’s Wall, which established the northern boundary of Roman Britain. In addition to his military and administrative policies, Hadrian travelled extensively across the empire’s provinces and sought to make Athens the centre of his efforts to promote Greek culture.

物件編號: A1655

年代: 公元 117-138 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 23.4 x 22.9 x 3.8 mm

重量: 7.5 g

來源: 錢幣工藝 2017

這是一枚公元117至138年，羅馬帝國哈德良皇帝在位期間發行的銀幣。由於年代久遠，錢幣表面已經嚴重磨損，諸多細節不復可見。

這枚錢幣正面有一個哈德良皇帝的右側肖像，依稀能看到皇帝的捲髮和鬍子。錢幣背面的磨蝕更為嚴重，依稀能看到一個左側人像，疑似是戴著桂冠的羅馬神明朱比特。

哈德良是羅馬帝國「五賢帝」之中的第三位，在位期間最為知名的事蹟是興建哈德良長城，確立羅馬帝國在不列顛地區的北疆界線。除此之外，哈德良在位期間還走遍帝國各個行省，並且試圖將雅典作為他推廣希臘文化的中心。