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Aureus - Hadrian P M TR P COS III, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121-123 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG (Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor.) |
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| Mintage | ND (121-123) |
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Hadrian's early aurei from 121–123 fall within the first years after his contested accession, when he was still navigating the Senate's deep suspicion following the execution of four senior consulars — a move he blamed on Trajan's freedmen but which few believed. The COS III dating places this piece in a narrow window before his first major provincial tour, during which the mint's output shifted significantly in both type and emphasis.
RIC II.3 584 is among the better-documented types in the revised Hadrianic census, benefiting from the 2019 re-cataloguing that split the older RIC II entries with considerably more die evidence than Mattingly had available.