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Denarius - Hadrian FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#2000, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.2000 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | FORTVNAE REDVCI (Translation: Fortunae Reduci. Returning fortune.) |
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FORTVNAE REDVCI — "to Fortune the Home-bringer" — was a title invoked specifically for rulers returning from abroad, and Hadrian earned it more than any emperor before him. He spent roughly half his reign outside Italy, touring the provinces in extended campaigns of inspection, construction, and military review that took him from Britain to Egypt to the Euphrates frontier. The issue dates of 133–135 correspond with his final return to Rome, after which he never left again, increasingly ill with what ancient sources describe as dropsy.