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Sestertius - Hadrian ADVENTVI AVG ITALIAE S C, Italia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Adventus scene depicting Hadrian standing right, his right hand raised in salutation and his left hand holding a volumen (scroll); facing him, the personification of Italia stands left, extending a patera in her right hand and cradling a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising abundance. Between the two figures stands an altar, typically shown with a bull at its base, evoking the sacrificial rites accompanying an imperial arrival ceremony. The exergue is plain, and the senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in the field. The composition celebrates Hadrian's formal adventus to Italy. |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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The ADVENTVS coinage was a deliberate propaganda program under Hadrian, celebrating his famous tours of the provinces — a practice essentially unprecedented among emperors, who typically governed Rome from Rome. Italia's inclusion in this series is pointed: Hadrian had faced accusations of neglecting the Italian heartland in favor of the Greek east, and the ADVENTVI AVG ITALIAE issues functioned as a public answer to that criticism. Whether the reception was convincing is another matter; senatorial hostility toward Hadrian never fully dissolved.
RIC II.3 1761 places this issue within the tightly dated 130–133 group from the second volume revision by Mairat.