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Dupondius or As - Hadrian INDVLGENTIA AVG COS III P P S C, Indulgentia
| 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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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The INDVLGENTIA type commemorates a formal act of fiscal remission — Hadrian cancelled outstanding debts owed to the imperial treasury by private citizens, an event recorded in 118 AD and again later in his reign. The second cancellation, closer to this issue's date, reportedly involved the public burning of debt records in Trajan's Forum, a piece of theater designed to demonstrate that the debts were permanently extinguished.
RIC II.3 1211 distinguishes the dupondius and as attributions partly on theoretical weight, as the bronze fabric of Hadrianic struck coinage makes visual differentiation difficult without precise measurement.