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BUSTS ON ROMAN COINS THAT MAY BE FOUND IN BRITAIN (3)

TRAJAN      98 - 117
Marcus Ulpius Traianus was born in Spain in A.D. 52. He was the first none Italian emperor, although his parents were from Italy. He advanced in the military and when governor of Upper Germany he was adopted by Nerva. Upon succession in A.D. 98 he greatly enlarged the Roman Empire by force of arms and diplomacy. The famous column was a tribute to his conduct of the Dacian War. A good emperor he died in A.D. 117.
HADRIAN     117 - 138
P. Aelius Hadrianus was born in Italica in A.D. 76 His father died when Hadrian was ten and Trajan became one of his guardians. A military career followed and marriage to Salinia, Trajan’s grand-niece, followed in A.D. 100. He became emperor in A.D. 117. Hadrian is possibly best known for his wall building activities in Britain. He visited most parts of the Roman Empire during his reign and was a just and humane ruler. After a long illness he died in A.D. 138. 
ANTONINUS PIUS     138 - 161
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus was born in A.D. 86. He entered the Senate becoming proconsul in Asia. Hadrian adopted him as his heir in A.D. 138, just before he died. Antoninus became emperor and was a just and impartial ruler. He brought a long period of tranquillity and prosperity to the Roman Empire He died in A.D. 161 and was succeeded to the throne by Marcus Aurelius.
MARCUS AURELIUS     146 - 161 - 180
Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome in A.D. 121. He took the name M. Aelius Aurelius Versus when he was adopted by Antoninus. In A.D. 139 he became Caesar and in A.D. 145 married the daughter of Antoninus, Faustina Junior. In A. D. 161 on the death of Antoninus he became emperor. His reign had many different frontier troubles including the Parthian War. He died in A. D. 180 a good and conscientious ruler.
LUCIUS VERUS 161- 169
L. Ceionius Commodus was born in A.D. 130 later he was named L. Aurelius Verus. Adopted by Antoninus he became, on the accession of Aurelius in A.D. 161, co-emperor, He married the daughter of Aurelius, Lucilla. In the military campaigns of A.D. 163 to A.D. 165 he has considerable success. As a ruler he was weak and much given to his own pleasures. His death in A.D. 169, from a stroke, gave his senior partner, Aurelius, considerable relief.
COMMODUS 169 - 192
L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus was the son of Aurelius and Faustina Junior, he was born in A.D. 161. He became co-emperor in A.D. 177. His father died whilst they were both campaigning in the second Germanic War and Commodus returned to Rome to become emperor in A. D.180.  Surviving several attempts on his life he was murdered by poisoning followed by strangulation by Narcissus, an athlete, in A. D. 192.