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Dupondius or As - Hadrian INDVLGENTIA AVG P P COS III S C, Indulgentia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Indulgentia seated left on a throne or chair of state, her right hand extended forward in a gesture of clemency or bestowal, and her left hand holding a long vertical sceptre. The figure is rendered in draped costume typical of Roman allegorical types. The senatorial authority marks S and C appear in the left and right fields respectively, flanking the central figure. The circular Latin legend occupies the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | INDVLGENTIA AVG P P COS III S C (Translation: Indulgentia Augusti. Pater Patriae, Consul Tertium. Senatus Consultum. Indulgence of the emperor (Augustus). Father of the nation, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate.) |
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Hadrian's indulgentia issues of 128–132 AD commemorate a specific act: the remission of outstanding tax arrears owed to the Roman treasury, a gesture he performed publicly and dramatically by burning the debt records in the Forum of Trajan. Ancient sources, including the Historia Augusta, describe crowds celebrating as the tablets were set alight. The act was calculated political theater, aimed at securing loyalty from the propertied classes after years of strain under his predecessor's wars.
RIC II.3 1151 belongs to the third consulate series, placing it firmly within Hadrian's mature administrative phase. The indulgentia type appears across multiple denominations from this window, making die linkage studies between the bronze issues particularly productive.