Travel back to the Empire with the Roman Silver Denarius of Hadrian, a silver coin minted at the height of Rome's power and grandeur. Famously, he built Hadrian's Wall, marking the northern limit of Britannia. Likewise, this denarius, struck about the same time, features on the obverse a fine portrait of the emperor, and on the reverse a symbolic scene of Hadrian, holding a scroll and raising the personification of.

In Rome, with the building of the Temple of Venus and Roma in Egypt, he may have rebuilt the Serapeum of Alexandria. This silver denarius, issued c.134/5-8, depicts on the reverse the reclining form of the goddess Hispania, holding a laurel branch. He visited nearly every province of the empire, encouraged military preparedness and discipline, and was involved with the creation of many institutions and buildings. Obverse:: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. In fact, he even rebuilt the Pantheon itself.Д«orn in Spain in 76 C.E., Hadrian is known for the creation of stable, defensible borders, and for unifying the empire. In the pantheon of Roman emperors, few did as much as Hadrian.

The Roman Silver Denarius of Hadrian was minted at the height of Rome's power and grandeur

Hadrian denarius