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Denarius - Hadrian INDVLGENTIA AVG P P COS III, Indulgentia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of the emperor Hadrian facing right, viewed from the rear, with curly hair rendered in fine relief characteristic of Hadrianic portraiture. The paludamentum is visible over the left shoulder, and the cuirass is partially visible beneath the drapery. The encircling Latin legend runs from lower left to upper right around the periphery of the coin. The portrait exhibits the strong, naturalistic features associated with the mature Hadrianic style of the Roman Imperial mint. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Indulgentia type belongs to a specific propaganda campaign Hadrian deployed after canceling the debts owed to the imperial treasury — an act he dramatized in 118 AD by publicly burning the debt records in Trajan's Forum. This coin, struck a decade later, appears to be a retrospective commemoration of that gesture rather than a response to any new fiscal policy. The gap between the event and the coinage is itself telling: Hadrian was unusually deliberate in shaping his own image across a long reign.