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Dupondius or As - Hadrian PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed or laureate draped bust of Hadrian facing right, rendered in the characteristic Trajanic-Hadrianic portrait style with tightly curled hair and short beard. The imperial effigy is depicted with strong facial features in right profile, the neck truncation visible at the lower field. The encircling Latin legend reads HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, distributed around the periphery of the flan. The coin exhibits a heavy green patina consistent with long burial, partially obscuring fine surface detail. The portrait demonstrates the refined classical modeling associated with the Rome Mint's output during Hadrian's later reign. |
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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 Pietas, the personification of piety and filial duty, depicted facing left in long flowing robes with arms extended in a gesture of offering or supplication. The figure is rendered in the conventional allegorical style of Hadrianic bronze coinage, with drapery falling in soft folds to the ground. The legend PIETAS AVG is distributed in the field, with the senatorial authorization mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanking the central type, affirming the coin's official bronze denomination status. The reverse field is heavily patinated with green cuprite deposits, limiting the legibility of finer design details. The composition reflects Hadrian's programmatic promotion of traditional Roman religious virtues during his later reign. |
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