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Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE dupondius (27mm, 14.67 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Rome, AD 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust of Hadrian right, seen from the front with slight drapery visible on left shoulder / SALVS P-VBLICA, Salus-Fortuna standing facing, head left, right foot on globe, with patera in right hand, rudder upright in left; S-C across fields. RIC II 604a. RIC II.3 276. Dignified, regal portrait on a pleasing olive-green patina.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear, private sale with old tag
Hadrian sported a full beard throughout his reign, indeed throughout his life. Some believed his facial hair to be a sign of his devotion to Greek culture, where full beards were a mark of intellectualism and maturity. Others, however, took a more cynical approach. The Historia Augusta states that "he was tall of stature and elegant in appearance; his hair was curled in a comb, and he wore a full beard to cover up the natural blemishes on his face." Regardless of the reason for his beard, Hadrian changed the imperial relationship with facial hair forever. While none of the Roman emperors before him had sported a beard, every emperor for the next hundred years after Hadrian's ascension did have one, with the fourteen-year-old Elagabalus being the first to break the trend in AD 218. As citizens of the empire often looked to the imperial family for fashion cues, beards became quite popular among the population around the time of Hadrian's rule and remained so for some time.
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Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE dupondius (27mm, 14.67 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Rome, AD 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust of Hadrian right, seen from the front with slight drapery visible on left shoulder / SALVS P-VBLICA, Salus-Fortuna standing facing, head left, right foot on globe, with patera in right hand, rudder upright in left; S-C across fields. RIC II 604a. RIC II.3 276. Dignified, regal portrait on a pleasing olive-green patina.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear, private sale with old tag
Hadrian sported a full beard throughout his reign, indeed throughout his life. Some believed his facial hair to be a sign of his devotion to Greek culture, where full beards were a mark of intellectualism and maturity. Others, however, took a more cynical approach. The Historia Augusta states that "he was tall of stature and elegant in appearance; his hair was curled in a comb, and he wore a full beard to cover up the natural blemishes on his face." Regardless of the reason for his beard, Hadrian changed the imperial relationship with facial hair forever. While none of the Roman emperors before him had sported a beard, every emperor for the next hundred years after Hadrian's ascension did have one, with the fourteen-year-old Elagabalus being the first to break the trend in AD 218. As citizens of the empire often looked to the imperial family for fashion cues, beards became quite popular among the population around the time of Hadrian's rule and remained so for some time.
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HID02906262019
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