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Aureus - Hadrian
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 137-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with a short cropped beard rendered in finely detailed curls characteristic of his later portraiture. The emperor's hair is depicted in tightly wound ringlets above the brow, surmounted by a laurel wreath. The portrait is executed in high relief with strong facial modeling, conveying the mature, philosophical image favored in Hadrianic coinage. The circular Latin legend runs along the inner border of a beaded rim, reading HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P. |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse field is dominated by the votive inscription VOTA SVSCE PTA arranged in three lines, presented in bold, well-spaced capital letters. The text is enclosed within a finely wrought laurel wreath tied at the base, the leaves and berries rendered in careful relief. The wreath fills the entire flan, with no exergue line or additional legend, giving the design a clean, monumental quality. This type commemorates the vota suscepta — the formal religious vows undertaken by the emperor — and is associated with Hadrian's vicennalia celebrations of 137–138 AD. |
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