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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III LIBERAL AVG III, Liberalitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 120-121 |
| 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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| Mintage | ND (120-121) |
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The "Liberalitas" issues of Hadrian document his congiaria — direct cash distributions to the Roman populace, a tradition inherited from the Republic but transformed under the emperors into a calculated instrument of public goodwill. This third congiarium, struck in 120–121, followed Hadrian's consolidation of power after the executions of four senior senators early in Trajan's succession, a scandal he spent years managing politically. The cash gifts were part of that rehabilitation.
RIC II.3 313 belongs to the revised Hadrian corpus that substantially reorganized earlier RIC II attributions.