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Denarius - Hadrian GERMANIA, Germania
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 130-133 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered with fine portraiture detail including a short curled beard and layered hair beneath the laurel wreath, characteristic of his mature Hadrianic style. The effigy is depicted with a draped left shoulder, the truncation cut at the base of the neck. The encircling legend in Latin capital letters reads HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Germania rendered as a draped female figure standing facing, head turned to the left, set centrally in the field. She holds an upright spear in her right hand and rests her left hand upon a large oval shield placed at her side, conveying a dignified martial character. The figure wears a long chiton with a himation draped loosely over the lower body, reflecting Roman artistic conventions for provincial personifications. The encircling legend GERMANIA appears in Latin capitals in the field around the figure, identifying the province commemorated within Hadrian's celebrated series of provincial reverses. |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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