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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III, Bonus Eventus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 120-121 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | P M TR P COS III (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.) |
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Hadrian's early tribunician issues from 120–121 coincide with his consolidation of imperial policy following Trajan's expansionist wars — a deliberate pivot toward stabilization rather than conquest. Bonus Eventus, an ancient deity of agricultural good fortune later absorbed into general concepts of favorable outcome, was a pointed choice for a reign explicitly rebranding itself around prosperity and withdrawal from overextended frontiers.
RIC II.3 #357 sits in a well-documented sequence from the Rome mint, where Hadrian's early coinage was produced in considerable volume as he worked to establish his own identity distinct from his predecessor.