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Denarius - Lucius Aelius FELICITAS AVG, Felicitas
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 137 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | L AELIVS CAESAR (Translation: Lucius Aelius Caesar. Lucius Aelius Caesar.) |
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| Reverse lettering | FELICITAS AVG (Translation: Felicitas Augusti. Good fortune of the emperor (Augustus).) |
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Lucius Aelius Caesar was Hadrian's adopted heir and intended successor, elevated in 136 AD in a move that surprised the senate — Aelius was neither a general nor an administrator of particular distinction, and his health was already failing at the time of adoption. He died on January 1, 138 AD, before Hadrian, rendering this entire coinage series a dynastic dead end. The FELICITAS type was issued to project confidence in the succession at a moment when that confidence was not especially warranted.