Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG
Auction 334 17 Mar 2020
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The Aftermaths of the Great Revolt – The Romans' Victory Celebrations and the Humiliation of the Defeated (70-81 CE). Hadrian, 117-138.
Æ-As, ca. 134-138, Rome; 14,94 g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P draped bareheaded bust of Hadrian to r.//ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE, S - C in the exergue; the emperor Hadrian, clad with a toga, having raised his r. hand for the greeting, and standing at the l. side is looking to the l., where the personification of the province of Judaea, clad with a Graeco-Roman dress and accompanied by representatives of the Jewish people who hold palm fronds in their hands, is sacrificing incense over an altar with a blazing flame. Judaea holds a small incense box in her left hand. Hendin 1606; RIC no. 891; P.L. Strack, Untersuchungen zur römischen Reichsprägung des zweiten Jahrhunderts II. Die Reichsprägung des Hadrian, Stuttgart 1933, 162 f.; J.M.C. Toynbee, The Hadrianic School. A Chapter in the History of Greek Art, Cambridge 1934, 117-121.
An extremely rare coin. Fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 356.
Æ-As, ca. 134-138, Rome; 14,94 g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P draped bareheaded bust of Hadrian to r.//ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE, S - C in the exergue; the emperor Hadrian, clad with a toga, having raised his r. hand for the greeting, and standing at the l. side is looking to the l., where the personification of the province of Judaea, clad with a Graeco-Roman dress and accompanied by representatives of the Jewish people who hold palm fronds in their hands, is sacrificing incense over an altar with a blazing flame. Judaea holds a small incense box in her left hand. Hendin 1606; RIC no. 891; P.L. Strack, Untersuchungen zur römischen Reichsprägung des zweiten Jahrhunderts II. Die Reichsprägung des Hadrian, Stuttgart 1933, 162 f.; J.M.C. Toynbee, The Hadrianic School. A Chapter in the History of Greek Art, Cambridge 1934, 117-121.
An extremely rare coin. Fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 356.