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Aureus - Hadrian SECVRITAS AVG, Securitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 137-138 |
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| Weight | 7.27 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts Securitas, the personification of imperial security and stability, seated right upon a throne or chair, rendered in a relaxed and contemplative pose. She raises her right hand toward her head in a gesture of ease and repose, while her left hand holds a vertical sceptre resting against her shoulder. Her drapery falls gracefully across her lower body, and the figure is rendered with confident, classical lines characteristic of Hadrianic artistic production. The surrounding Latin legend SECVRITAS AVG runs along the periphery of the field, framed by a beaded border, affirming the ideological message of enduring imperial security. |
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| Mintage | ND (137-138) |
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Struck in the final year or two of Hadrian's reign, this aureus belongs to a concentrated late emission associated with the succession crisis that consumed his last months. Having adopted Lucius Aelius Caesar as heir in 136, Hadrian watched him die on January 1, 138, forcing a frantic second adoption — Antoninus Pius, conditional on Antoninus himself adopting the future Marcus Aurelius. The Securitas type almost certainly reflects imperial messaging around that fraught dynastic settlement rather than any genuine political stability.
Hadrian died in July 138, making RIC II.3 2324 among the last aurei issued under his name.