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Semis - Hadrian P M TR P COS III S C, Aequitas and Moneta
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121 |
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| Value | 1 Semis = 1/2 As = 1⁄32 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | P M TR P COS III S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate.) |
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Hadrian's third consulship, held from 119 AD, provided the dating anchor for this emission, produced during a period when the emperor was reorganizing provincial administration and preparing for his first major tour of the empire's frontiers. The pairing of Aequitas and Moneta on a semis — the lowest bronze denomination in regular production — reflects an unusually deliberate iconographic program for so small a coin, likely part of a broader thematic series coordinated across multiple denominations simultaneously.
RIC II.3 #487 belongs to the revised second edition's thorough reattribution of Hadrianic bronzes, which substantially reshuffled earlier RIC II numbering established by Mattingly and Sydenham.