A remarkable Antinous Medallion for auction with a start of 6000 CHF & estimate of 7500 CHF. From his home town of Claudiopolis in Bithynia & depicts him as Hermes on the reverse with his star & remains of a mount. The portrait is in fine style, perhaps raising it over 10000 CHF.

Great to come down and see the 4 Republican temples of Largo Argentina from walkways just above the original ground level… there’s also a museum space showcasing architectural and sculptural fragments from the area.

In AD 121, on Rome's birthday, Hadrian established new games and chariot races in the Circus Maximus.

An aureus commemorates the event and gives an absolute date of 874 years since the city's founding. The coin (and its associated sestertius type) shows the Genius of the Circus…

So fantastic to be in Rome today as the Eternal City celebrates its 2,777th birthday with a grand parade! #NatalediRoma

Hadrian’s self-identification with Romulus was advertised through the coinage issued at Rome towards the end of his reign. Coins with the legend ‘ROMVLO CONDITORI’ (Romulus the founder) suggest the Emperor’s role as a second founder of Rome.

Furthermore, the she-wolf suckling…

In AD 121, on Rome's birthday, Hadrian established new games and chariot races in the Circus Maximus.

An aureus commemorates the event and gives an absolute date of 874 years since the city's founding. The coin (and its associated sestertius type) shows the Genius of the Circus…

While celebrating Rome's birthday #OnThisDay in AD 121, Hadrian consecrated a new temple which he dedicated to Venus, the divine ancestress of the Roman people, and Roma herself. The great temple was to stand on a huge platform stretching from the Arch of Titus and almost as far…

Happy birthday, Rome! 🎉

👉 followinghadrian.com/2020/04/21/hap…

#NatalediRoma 🐺