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Denarius - Hadrian SALVS AVG, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 137-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (137-138) |
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Issued in the final year of Hadrian's reign, when the emperor was gravely ill at Baiae and consumed with the politically fraught business of succession. His first chosen heir, Lucius Aelius Caesar, had already died in January 138, forcing Hadrian to adopt Antoninus Pius with the condition that Antoninus in turn adopt the young Marcus Aurelius. The prominence of Salus on coins of this late period almost certainly reflects deliberate imperial messaging — the court projecting stability and divine favor over a ruler who was visibly dying.