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Quinarius Aureus - Hadrian VICTORIA AVG, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 136 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#2244, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.2244 |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVG (Translation: Victoria Augusti. Victory of the emperor (Augustus).) |
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| Mint | Rome |
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The quinarius aureus — half the value of a standard aureus — was struck only sporadically under the imperial period, and Hadrian's issues from the mid-130s represent one of the last meaningful revivals of the denomination before it effectively disappeared from Roman monetary practice. By 136, Hadrian was in physical decline and increasingly preoccupied with the succession question that would consume his final years, yet the mint at Rome continued producing a remarkably diverse series of gold types. RIC II.3 2244 is among the scarcer products of that output.