Ave!

Hadrian, As, Pax reverse

Æ; 27mm/6.9gm   Mint of Rome 121-122 AD.

Con/ Good Fine - Very Fine after appropriate cleaning. Sound green patina beneath very soft dirt. :-)

Obv/ IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG; laureate head right, drapery on shoulder.

Rev/ P M TR P COS III, S-C; Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia.

Ref/ RIC Vol II, 616.

Seller's Note/ Pannonia was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. but was not completely pacified until the reign of Commodus. Shortly after Aelius was made caesar, Hadrian also made him governor of Pannonia. This issue was struck to commemorate the event.