Roman Provincial : CILICIA. Tarsus. Hadrian (AD 117-138). AR tridrachm (25mm, 9.97 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5. ...

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CILICIA. Tarsus. Hadrian (AD 117-138). AR tridrachm (25mm, 9.97 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEB, laureate head of Hadrian right / ΤΑ-ΡCΕΩΝ-ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left, with palm in outstretched right hand; river-god Cydnus, crowned with wreath of sedge, swimming left at Tyche's feet; all within dotted border. Prieur 761. RPC III 3262.

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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