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Dupondius or As - Hadrian IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P S C, Justitia
| 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 lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
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| Mintage | ND (129-130) |
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The IVSTITIA AVG reverse type appears across several Hadrianic bronze issues, but the COS III P P dating anchors this piece firmly to after 128 AD, when Hadrian returned from his extensive provincial tours and assumed the title Pater Patriae. The personification of Justice was a deliberate choice for a ruler who prided himself on legal reform and personal accessibility — he famously held court while traveling, hearing cases from provincials who would never have reached Rome.
RIC II.3 1237 reflects the revised attribution from the earlier RIC II framework, part of the substantial re-cataloguing work published in 2022 that split and renumbered dozens of Hadrianic bronzes based on die study.