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Denarius - Hadrian PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS FORT RED, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 117 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Struck in 117 AD, the earliest months of Hadrian's reign, this issue belongs to a group of coins asserting dynastic legitimacy at a moment of genuine political uncertainty. Trajan died in Cilicia in August 117 without a publicly witnessed adoption, and Hadrian's claim rested almost entirely on the testimony of Plotina. The titulature invoking his descent from Nerva and his Parthian connections was deliberate — a calculated broadcast of credentials to an army and senate that had not chosen him.
Fortuna Redux, the fortune of safe return, was particularly pointed: Hadrian had just ended Trajan's costly eastern campaigns and was already moving toward strategic consolidation rather than conquest.