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Dupondius or As - Hadrian FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed or lightly draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing left, rendered in the characteristic Hadrianic portrait style with the emperor's distinctive beard and close-cropped hair. The effigy is shown from the rear or side in a slightly unconventional presentation, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The surrounding circular legend reads HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, distributed around the field. The portrait displays the confident, classicizing sculptural quality typical of Roman imperial bronzes of the Hadrianic period. |
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| Reverse lettering | FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C (Translation: Felicitati Augusti, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. To the good fortune of the emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.) |
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The COS III dating places this issue firmly in the years 128–138, after Hadrian's third consulship began — a period when he had just returned from his extensive tours of the eastern provinces and was reshaping Roman public ideology around themes of prosperity and divine favor. The FELICITAS type was politically deliberate: Hadrian's reign had seen no major offensive wars, and the coinage actively promoted peace and good fortune as virtues rather than conquest.
RIC II.3 1303 distinguishes the dupondius and as attribution partly on the radiate versus laureate crown, though surface corrosion on orichalcum can complicate that call.