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Sestertius - Hadrian CAPPADOCIA S C, Cappadocia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Reverse description | The personification of the Roman province of Cappadocia stands in full figure facing left, wearing a turreted crown symbolic of her civic identity. In her extended right hand she holds a model of Mount Argaeus, the sacred volcanic peak of the province, while her left hand grasps a vexillum, a military standard, alluding to the province's strategic military importance. The senatorial authorization mark S C (Senatus Consultum) is disposed in the field to left and right of the central figure. The encircling Latin legend names the province, and the overall composition reflects Hadrian's celebrated provincial travel series of sestertii. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This sestertius belongs to a commemorative series issued following Hadrian's extensive provincial tours, during which he visited Cappadocia around 129–130 AD — a journey that also took him through the eastern frontier regions bordering Parthia and Armenia. The series was a deliberate political exercise, issuing coins celebrating each major province visited, a practice without precedent at this scale in Roman minting history.
Cappadocia held particular strategic weight as a buffer zone against Parthian pressure, annexed as a full Roman province under Vespasian in 72 AD after centuries as a client kingdom.