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Aureus - Hadrian P M TR P COS II SALVS AVG, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 117 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate and bearded bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, facing right, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The emperor's portrait displays the characteristic short curly hair and nascent beard introduced by Hadrian, rendered with fine sculptural detail in high relief. The obverse legend surrounds the effigy in a continuous arc within a beaded border, reading clockwise from the lower left field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Salus personified, draped, seated left on a high-backed throne, extending her right hand to hold a patera from which she feeds a serpent coiled around a flaming altar at her side. The composition, rendered in bold relief, conveys the imperial theme of health and well-being of the state. The reverse legend is divided between the upper field and the exergue, with P M TR P COS II arching above and SALVS AVG inscribed along the lower ground line, all within a beaded border. |
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