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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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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with bare chest and traces of drapery visible on the far shoulder. The imperial effigy is rendered in the characteristically idealized Hadrianic style, with the emperor's distinctive short beard. The obverse legend encircles the portrait field, reading HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "INDVLGENTIA" issues of Hadrian commemorate his formal remission of outstanding tax debts owed to the imperial treasury — a sweeping act recorded by the Historia Augusta as canceling sixteen years of arrears across Italy, with the documentation publicly burned in Trajan's Forum around 118–119 AD. The coin's production a decade later suggests the propaganda value of that gesture was still considered worth mining.
RIC II.3 1206 falls within the complex third consulate grouping, where die output and workshop sequencing remain subjects of ongoing scholarly revision following Carradice and Buttrey's 2007 reorganization of the series.