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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121-123 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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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 coinage as sole emperor was deeply entangled with his need to legitimize a reign that began under suspicion — four senior senators were executed almost immediately after Trajan's death in 117 AD, allegedly on Hadrian's orders, a scandal he spent years managing politically. The Pax types issued across 121–123 belong to a broader propaganda effort coinciding with his abandonment of Trajan's eastern conquests and a deliberate reorientation toward consolidation rather than expansion.
RIC II.3 #592 falls within the revised Brennan-Abdy typology that substantially reorganized Hadrian's denarius sequence from the older RIC II classification.