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Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. The earliest certain cult to dea Roma was established at Smyrna in 195 B.C., probably to mark the successful alliance against Antiochus III. In 30/29 B.C., the Koinon of Asia and Bithynia requested permission to honor Augustus as a living god. "Republican" Rome despised the worship of a living man, but an outright refusal might offend their loyal allies. A cautious formula was drawn up, non-Romans could only establish a cult for divus Augustus jointly with dea Roma. In the city of Rome itself, the earliest known state cult to dea Roma was combined with Venus at the Hadrianic Temple of Venus and Roma. This was the largest temple in the city, probably dedicated to inaugurate the reformed festival of Parilia, which was known thereafter as the Romaea after the Eastern festival in Roma's honor. The temple contained the seated, Hellenised image of dea Roma with a Palladium in her right hand to symbolize Rome's eternity.RS94566. Silver denarius, RIC II-3 542 (R), BMCRE III 139, RSC II 1103, Strack II 121, SRCV II 3519, Hunter II 72, aVF/F, well centered, porous, a few light scratches, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.146g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 180o, late 121 - 123 A.D.; obverse IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bare chest-bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, helmeted and draped, right breast bare, right foot drawn back and resting on helmet, Victory in right hand, spear vertical behind in left hand, round shield, bow and quiver on ground by cuirass and spear; from the Ray Nouri Collection; rare; SOLD
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