In this small but sensitive portrait, we can read the qualities of intelligence, pride and ambition that made Hadrian one of the great rulers of Rome. A man of many talents, possessed of passionate vision, he left an enduring mark on the course of history. To wear this superb denarius, minted during Rome's Golden Age, is to touch the glory and splendors of the Classical world. A ring for those who understand that the future is built on the foundation of the past.