Denarius - Hadrian PIETAS AVG, Pietas

Hadrian's extended tour of the eastern provinces in 128–132 AD generated an enormous volume of coinage tied to religious themes, part of a deliberate program associating his reign with divine favor and pious observance. The PIETAS AVG types cluster heavily around this period, likely connected to his restoration of temples and sponsorship of religious rites across Athens, Asia Minor, and Egypt.

RIC II.3 1413 reflects the revised Mattingly-Sydenham corpus as updated by Abdy and others — earlier references will assign this piece a different number entirely.