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Sestertius - Hadrian ADVENTVI AVG MACEDONIAE S C, Macedonia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Reverse description | Adventus scene depicting Hadrian standing right, his right hand raised in salutation and his left hand holding a scroll, facing the personification of Macedonia standing left, who extends a patera in her right hand and holds a whip or Macedonian kausia attribute in her left. Between the two figures stands an altar, with a bull typically depicted at its base, symbolizing the sacrificial ceremony attending the imperial visit. The scene commemorates Hadrian's celebrated tour of the eastern provinces and his visit to Macedonia. The reverse legend ADVENTVI AVG MACEDONIAE encircles the design, with the senatorial authority mark S C positioned in the lower field. |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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The ADVENTVS coinage of Hadrian documents something genuinely unusual in Roman imperial history: an emperor who spent more time away from Rome than in it. The Macedonian issue belongs to the travel series struck to commemorate his provincial tours, and Macedonia carried particular weight — it was the homeland of Alexander the Great, a figure Hadrian consciously cultivated associations with throughout his reign. The visit likely occurred during his eastern tour of 128–134 AD.
RIC II.3 1776 is among the later-catalogued additions from the revised second edition, reflecting how systematically the ADVENTVS series had been under-documented in earlier scholarship.