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Dupondius or As - Hadrian RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE, Hispania
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#1873, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.1873 |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Hadrian, togate, facing left, extending his right hand to raise a kneeling personification of Hispania, who presents an olive branch toward the emperor; between the two figures, a rabbit reclines on the ground line, serving as the emblematic symbol of the Iberian Peninsula. Hadrian holds a scroll in his left hand, referencing imperial benefaction and administrative governance. The composition conveys the propagandistic theme of imperial restoration and patronage of the provinces. The exergual area is plain, and the reverse legend RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE is disposed in the field around the figural group. |
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| Reverse lettering | RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE (Translation: To the restorer of Hispania.) |
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The "Restitutori" series issued under Hadrian commemorates his extraordinary tour of the provinces between 121 and 132 AD — one of the most extensive imperial progresses in Roman history. Hispania received particular attention; Hadrian was himself of Hispanic origin, born in Italica in the province of Baetica, which lent the restoration rhetoric genuine biographical weight rather than mere political flattery.
RIC II.3 1873 falls within a broader emission celebrating multiple provinces, each with its own dedicated reverse type struck across the same window. The Hispanic issues are not especially rare within the series, but attrition in bronze has thinned the supply of problem-free survivors considerably.