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Amateur Finds Germany’s Largest Hadrianic Coin Hoard
Amateur Oliver Riedl’s metal detector uncovered 934 Roman silver denarii near Wesseling, Germany’s largest Hadrian-era hoard, now displayed in Bonn.
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About Hadrian
Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. His form of address as Roman emperor was Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian was born in Italica, in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his gens Aelia came from the town of Hadria in central Italy. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
Everything about Hadrian →- Occupation
- sovereign, politician, military personnel, poet
- Position held
- Roman emperor, ancient Roman senator, tribune of the plebs, eponymous archon
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- January 24, 1976
- Died
- July 10, 138