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Dupondius or As - Hadrian FORTVNAE REDVCI S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in high relief with characteristic short curly hair and full beard in the Hellenistic tradition. The effigy is depicted from the rear-left perspective, with the paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder visible beneath the drapery. The portrait displays the refined naturalistic style characteristic of Hadrianic imperial coinage. The surrounding Latin legend runs clockwise from the lower left along the coin's border. |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation.) |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of Emperor Hadrian depicted facing right, holding a scroll in his extended hand, shown in the act of greeting Fortuna, the goddess of Fortune, who stands facing left opposite him. Fortuna holds her traditional attributes of a cornucopia in her left arm and a rudder resting on a globe at her side, symbolising her governance of fate and safe return. The composition conveys the theme of the emperor's propitious return and divine favour. The senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the central group in the field, and the reverse legend FORTVNAE REDVCI arcs along the upper border. |
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