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Sestertius - Hadrian and Trajan DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P SC
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figures of Trajan (right) and Hadrian (left) facing one another, jointly holding a globe between them in a symbolic representation of the transfer of imperial power and legitimacy. Both figures are shown in military or toga dress, rendered in the classical Roman tradition. The reverse legend surrounds the figural group, with SC (Senatus Consultum) prominently placed in the lower field, authorizing the bronze coinage by decree of the Senate. |
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| Reverse lettering | DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P SC (Translation: Dacicus, Parthico, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Conqueror of the Dacians, conqueror of the Parthians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.) |
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Struck in the first months of Hadrian's reign, this issue explicitly invokes Trajan's titulature — DAC PARTHICO — at a moment when Hadrian was quietly dismantling exactly the conquests those titles celebrated. He withdrew Roman forces from Mesopotamia and Armenia almost immediately upon succession, judging Trajan's eastern empire militarily indefensible. Invoking his predecessor's greatest victories on the coinage while reversing the policy behind them was a calculated act of legitimation, not commemoration.