Denarius - Hadrian COS III

The COS III designation dates this issue to after 119 AD, when Hadrian assumed his third consulship — a tenure he held without interruption for the remainder of his reign, making it the most common consular designation in his coinage. The years 125–127 fall squarely within his extended tour of the western provinces, including Britain, where he had recently ordered construction of the wall bearing his name.

RIC II.3 801 is one of several types attributed to this narrow window under the revised Strack-based chronology adopted in the third edition of RIC volume II.