In 136 A.D., two years before his death, Emperor Hadrian had the previous realism of his portraits replaced with an idealized image of him as a young hero. Gold coins with this portrait, minted during his last years as emperor, indicate that he was probably represented as New Romulus. The bust was added in the sixteenth-century.
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Opper, Thorsten, Hadrian : empire and conflict, The British Museum, Londres, 2008.
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Hadrian: Empire and Conflict
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24.07.2008 - 26.10.2008
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