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Denarius - Hadrian CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P, Clementia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Clementia, goddess of clemency and mercy, stands in full figure facing left at the centre of the field, clad in a long flowing chiton and himation. She extends her right hand forward holding a patera, symbolic of libation and piety, while her left hand rests on a long vertical sceptre. The figure is rendered in the classical style typical of Hadrianic reverse types, with drapery folds carefully articulated. The encircling Latin legend CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P runs around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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Hadrian's CLEMENTIA coinage of 129–130 belongs to a broader programmatic series issued after his return to Rome following his second great tour of the eastern provinces. The personification was not idle flattery — Hadrian had recently demonstrated conspicuous clemency toward several senators implicated in the conspiracy allegations surrounding his accession in 117, a politically loaded act that his supporters were keen to memorialize in metal.