Romarriket. Hadrian (117-138). Quadrans - Legionary eagle (Ingen mindstepris)

Romerriget.
Hadrian (117-138 e.Kr.).
Quadrans (Bronze, 17,2 mm, 2,69 g).

Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P. Laureate head to right.
Rev: COS III. Legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards. S C.

Reference: RIC II.3 (2nd ed.) 976; RIC II 977; Strack 636.

Hadrian abandoned Trajan's conquests in Mesopotamia and turned the empire from expansion to consolidation, marking the northern limit of Britannia with Hadrian's Wall. He visited almost every province and kept the legions under intensive, regular drill, inspecting the army in Africa at Lambaesis in 128. Late in his reign Roman forces crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea. In 138 he adopted Antoninus Pius as his successor and died that summer at his villa at Baiae.

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