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Denarius - Hadrian GERMANIA, Germania
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Weight | 3.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Personification of Germania standing facing, head turned to the left, draped in a long garment. She holds an upright spear in her right hand and rests her left hand upon a large oval shield set on the ground beside her. The type belongs to Hadrian's celebrated 'Provinces' series, commemorating the regions of the Roman Empire. The reverse legend GERMANIA appears in the field to the right of the figure. |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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Issued in a group of "province" denarii celebrating territories under Roman dominion, this Germania type appeared roughly a decade after Hadrian's actual visit to the Rhine frontier — around 121 AD — where he inspected fortifications and reinforced the limes rather than pursuing expansion. His policy was deliberate containment, a sharp break from Trajanic aggression, and these coins functioned partly as propaganda normalizing that retreat.
RIC II.3 1516 is among the more frequently encountered of the provincial series, suggesting a substantial emission, though exact mintage figures for Hadrianic denarii remain unrecorded.