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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 119-120 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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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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Hadrian's early coinage after 117 AD was partly a stabilization exercise. He abandoned Trajan's eastern conquests almost immediately upon accession, pulling Roman forces back from Mesopotamia and Armenia — a decision that shocked the Senate and prompted at least one conspiracy against him. The Pax issues of 119–120 fall squarely in that retrenchment period, functioning less as celebration than as policy statement: peace not as triumph but as deliberate choice.
The COS III dating brackets this piece tightly to a single year window, useful for die study purposes given how rapidly Hadrian's titulature evolved across his reign.