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Dupondius or As - Hadrian RESTITVTORI GALLIAE S C, Gallia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse type belongs to Hadrian's celebrated 'Restitutor' series, depicting the emperor standing left in military attire, holding a scroll in his left hand and extending his right hand to raise the kneeling personification of Gallia before him. Gallia, shown as a kneeling female figure in provincial dress, reaches upward toward Hadrian in a gesture of supplication and gratitude. The scene is set on a plain ground line, with the senatorial authorization mark S C flanking the central group in the field. The encircling legend identifies the type as commemorating Hadrian's benefaction to the province of Gaul. |
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The "Restitutor" series under Hadrian commemorates his extensive provincial tours — arguably the most ambitious program of imperial travel in Roman history. Between roughly 121 and 132 AD, Hadrian visited nearly every province, and the mint responded with a sustained coinage naming each region in turn. Gallia's inclusion reflects both its administrative importance and Hadrian's documented passage through the region during his early western tour.
RIC II.3 1852 can present attribution difficulties at worn grades, as the S C field marks on heavily circulated bronzes sometimes cause confusion between the dupondius and as denominations — a distinction the series itself does not always make easy.