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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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| Technique | Hammered |
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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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| Mintage | ND (121-123) |
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Hadrian's early coinage following his accession in 117 AD reflects an administration still consolidating power after the turbulent end of Trajan's reign — a succession that was itself disputed, with some ancient sources suggesting Plotina fabricated or delayed news of Trajan's death to ensure Hadrian's position. The COS III dating places this issue within a narrow window of 119–121 to 123, after Hadrian had abandoned Trajan's eastern conquests and withdrawn Roman forces behind more defensible frontiers, a decision that earned him significant senatorial hostility.
RIC II.3 598 belongs to the extensive 2007 revision of the original Mattingly-Sydenham volume, which substantially reorganized Hadrianic issues and renumbered many previously cited references.