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Dupondius or As - Hadrian FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, laureate bust of Hadrian facing right, with a full, carefully rendered beard consistent with the emperor's mature portraiture. The effigy displays finely articulated curls of the laurel wreath and characteristic wavy hair swept across the temples. The circumferential legend runs along the upper and lower rim of the flan in bold Latin capitals. The portrait is executed in high relief, reflecting the accomplished die-cutting of the Rome mint workshop during Hadrian's later reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
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The FELICITAS reverse type on Hadrian's bronze issues of 128–130 AD belongs to a sustained propaganda campaign tied to his return from the eastern provinces — one of several extended imperial tours that defined his reign. Unlike most emperors who governed from Rome, Hadrian spent roughly half his rule traveling, and the mint responded with a stream of reverse types celebrating his arrivals, departures, and the prosperity those visits were meant to signal.
RIC II.3 1299 falls within the third consulship grouping, helping narrow its production to a tight window before Hadrian's final illness curtailed activity.