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Denarius - Hadrian ROMA FELIX COS III P P, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, laureate bust of the emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in the idealized Hellenizing portrait style characteristic of his reign, with finely detailed wreath of laurel leaves tied at the back. The legend encircles the effigy along the periphery of the flan. The portrait exhibits the short, curled beard adopted by Hadrian, a distinctive departure from the clean-shaven convention of his predecessors. |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Roma is depicted seated left upon a throne or cuirass, her head helmeted, extending a branch in her right hand and holding a long vertical sceptre in her left. The figure is rendered in a formal, hieratic style typical of Hadrianic civic reverses, conveying the prosperity and stability of the Roman state. The legend ROMA FELIX arcs across the upper field, while COS III P P appears in the lower field or exergue, referencing Hadrian's third consulship and his title of Father of the Fatherland. |
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