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Sestertius - Hadrian CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P S C, Clementia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Clementia, goddess of mercy and imperial leniency, stands in full length facing left, draped in a long stola and palla. In her extended right hand she holds a patera, symbol of ritual offering, while her left hand rests on a long vertical sceptre. The figure occupies the central field of the flan, and the divided legend CLEMENTIA AVG encircles the upper portion of the reverse, with COS III P P and the senatorial authority mark S C completing the inscription around and below the figure. The composition reflects Hadrian's deliberate propagandistic emphasis on clemency as a virtue of his reign. |
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| Reverse lettering | CLEMENTIA AVG COS III P P S C (Translation: Clementia Augusti. Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Clemency of the emperor (Augustus). Consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.) |
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