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Denarius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III SAL AVG, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 120-121 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#375, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.375 |
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| Reverse description | Salus, personification of health and well-being, seated left on a high-backed throne, extending a patera in her right hand toward a serpent rising from an altar positioned to the left. The snake, a traditional symbol of healing and renewal, is depicted coiling around the altar. The reverse legend P M TR P COS III SAL AVG arcs around the composition, referencing Hadrian's priestly and consular titles alongside the dedicatory epithet Salus Augusti. |
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| Mintage | ND (120-121) |
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Salus, the personification of public health and imperial wellbeing, appeared with particular frequency on Hadrianic coinage during the early 120s — a period when Hadrian was consolidating authority after a deeply contested succession and the execution of four senior senators early in his reign. Invoking Salus was a deliberate political signal, emphasizing stability and the health of the state under a still-contested emperor.
RIC II.3 #375 belongs to the comprehensive 2007 revision of Hadrian's coinage, which substantially reorganized and renumbered earlier RIC II attributions. Older catalog references will not align.