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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 | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The COS III dating pins this to Hadrian's third consulship, held from 119 AD but used on coinage well into the 130s as a frozen titulature. The FELICITAS type — invoking prosperity and good fortune — was deployed heavily during Hadrian's reign in association with his extensive provincial tours, the most ambitious program of imperial travel undertaken by any Roman emperor. He was physically present in nearly every corner of the empire between 121 and 132 AD, and the felicitas imagery on bronze coinage functioned as a direct ideological response to that movement.
RIC II.3 1306 distinguishes this piece within a closely clustered group of Hadrianic bronzes sharing near-identical reverse types but separated by subtle titulature and die axis variations catalogued in the 2019 revision.