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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121-123 |
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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).) |
| Reverse description | The goddess Roma is depicted seated left upon a pile of arms and shields, wearing a helmet, chiton, and paludamentum, her semi-draped figure rendered with fine classical drapery folds. In her extended left hand she holds a small Victory figure, while her right hand grasps a vertical sceptre. The reverse legend P M TR P COS III is inscribed in the field and along the right border, referencing Hadrian's pontifical and tribunician titles and his third consulship. The composition exemplifies the dignified allegorical reverse types favored during the early Hadrianic coinage. |
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Hadrian assumed the title COS III in 119 AD and held it through the mid-120s, placing this issue squarely within his early consolidation of power following Trajan's death — a succession that was itself contested, with accusations that Trajan's adoption of Hadrian had been fabricated by the empress Plotina. The PMTRP dating narrows production to 121–123, years Hadrian spent largely outside Rome on the first of his extensive provincial tours.
RIC II.3 #542 reflects the 2007 revised corpus, which substantially reorganized Hadrianic denarii that earlier references had grouped imprecisely.