Dupondius or As - Hadrian RESTITVTORI ASIAE S C, Asia

The "Restitutor" series issued under Hadrian directly commemorates his extensive provincial tours — the most ambitious undertaken by any Roman emperor. Between 121 and 132 AD, Hadrian personally visited nearly every province in the empire, and this Asia type belongs to a broader coinage program celebrating his arrival and benefactions in the eastern provinces, likely tied to his second major tour around 128–132. The personification of Asia receiving the emperor's assistance was deliberate propaganda, framing Hadrian's interventions — tax relief, building projects, civic grants — as acts of rescue rather than administration.

RIC II.3 1831 distinguishes this type carefully within a complex series where provincial attributions and reverse legends overlap across multiple denominations.