Judaea: JUDAEA. Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE (23mm, 10.24 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing....

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JUDAEA. Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE (23mm, 10.24 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing. IMP CAES TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, seen from behind / COL AEL KA-PIT, veiled figure ploughing right with two oxen, vexillum behind; COND in exergue. RPC III 3964.

From the Merrill A. Gibson Collection of Ancient Coins.

Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born in AD 76, the son of a distinguished Spanish senator and related through his mother to the future Emperor Trajan, who took him into his household when Hadrian was nine years old. After Trajan's accession, Hadrian held a series of civilian posts, including a consulship in AD 108, and commanded legions during the Dacian and Parthian wars. Hadrian was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117; after succeeding to the throne, Hadrian abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of peace abroad and reform at home. He spent most of his 21-year reign traveling, visiting every province of the Roman Empire. Under his patronage, Roman art and sculpture reached its creative peak. Hadrian came to see himself as a "second Augustus," providing the empire with a new foundation as a vast commonwealth of nations under Rome's guiding hand.

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