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Denarius - Hadrian FELICITATI AVG COS III P P
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and bearded bust of Hadrian facing left, rendered with characteristic Hadrianic realism including curled hair and a short clipped beard, the emperor depicted without diadem or laurel wreath. The truncation of the neck is visible at the bottom of the field. The encircling Latin legend runs along the beaded border, partially obscured by the coin's irregular flan. The portrait exhibits the refined Hellenizing style characteristic of Hadrianic coinage from the Roman mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The COS III dating places this issue after 119 AD, but the FELICITAT legend specifically — invoking Felicitas as a state abstraction rather than a personal virtue — gained particular momentum in Hadrian's coinage around his return from the eastern provinces in 128–129. The trip had been politically fraught, marked by the Bar Kokhba revolt brewing in Judaea and widespread administrative restructuring across the East.
RIC II.3 1078 is among the more frequently encountered Hadrianic denarius types, which reflects deliberate high-volume striking rather than survival luck.