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No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian. He spent half of his 21-year reign on the road, visiting almost every province of the vast empire. The mint celebrated these grand tours with extensive coinage in gold, silver and bronze, known to numismatists as the Travel Series [2669×4000]

September 30, 2024

No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian. He spent half of his 21-year reign on the road, visiting almost every province of the vast empire. The mint celebrated these grand tours with extensive coinage in gold, silver and bronze, known to numismatists as the Travel Series [2669×4000]

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Fuckoff555 on September 30, 2024 1:21 am

The places represented on the coins are Italia, Hispania, Africa, Egypt and the Nile, Achaea, Gallia, Germania, Britannia, Dacia, Mauretania and Asia.

[https://coinweek.com/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-travels-with-hadrian/](https://coinweek.com/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-travels-with-hadrian/)
octopod-reunion on September 30, 2024 2:27 am

Was he the one that kinda hated Rome (the city)?

I know Diocletian did.

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No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian. He spent half of his 21-year reign on the road, visiting almost every province of the vast empire. The mint celebrated these grand tours with extensive coinage in gold, silver and bronze, known to numismatists as the Travel Series [2669×4000]

Great Kyz Kala, a mud-brick köshk fortress in Merv, Turkmenistan. 6th-8th century CE [1080×1348]

Plaster cast of a horse that died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, in one of the houses of Villa Civita Giuliana, located near Pompeii. The object is located in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. [1200×777]

A Byzantine ivory diptych with circus scenes, 5th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1275×1876]

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