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Aureus - Hadrian VOT PVB, Genius
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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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.) |
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| Mintage | ND (133-135) |
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The VOT PVB legend — vota publica — ties this aureus to the annual new year's vow ceremony in which the Roman people formally prayed for the emperor's health and continued reign. Hadrian's later years were marked by serious illness, and the heightened frequency of vota-type issues from the 130s likely reflects genuine political anxiety about succession rather than routine liturgical observance. He would die in 138 AD, having controversially adopted Antoninus Pius only after his first chosen heir, Lucius Aelius Caesar, died unexpectedly in January of that year.