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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III FORT RED, Fortuna

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint
Year 121-123
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).)
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Reverse script Latin
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Fortuna Redux — "Fortuna who brings back safe return" — was invoked specifically to mark Hadrian's return to Rome after his first major provincial tour, which took him through Gaul, Germania, and Britain beginning around 121 AD. The cult title Redux had imperial precedent, used by Augustus after his return from the East in 19 BC, and Hadrian's adoption of it was a deliberate alignment with Augustan ideology at a moment when he was still consolidating legitimacy following the suspicious deaths of four consulars at the start of his reign.

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