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Denarius - Hadrian FELICITAS AVG, Felicitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Felicitas, goddess of good fortune and prosperity, depicted as a draped female figure seated left upon a throne or chair. She holds a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising abundance, and a caduceus in her right hand, emblem of peace and commerce. The figure is rendered in a composed, classical style typical of Hadrianic coinage. The legend FELICITAS AVG arcs around the upper field, with a beaded border encircling the entire reverse. |
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Hadrian's extensive tour of the provinces between 121 and 134 AD generated an extraordinary propaganda coinage, with individual reverse types issued to commemorate nearly every region and concept associated with his travels. The FELICITAS type belongs to this broader programmatic series — Felicitas here carrying its specific Roman meaning of divine favor and prosperous outcome, tied directly to Hadrian's belief that personal inspection of the frontier armies would secure imperial stability. He was largely right; the borders held.
RIC II.3 2042 dates to the final cluster of this series, struck at Rome in the last years before his health collapsed entirely at Tivoli.