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Sestertius - Hadrian COS III P P INDVLGENTIA AVG S C, Indulgentia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, displaying the characteristic Hadrianic beard. The imperial effigy is rendered in high relief with careful attention to the military paludamentum draped over the cuirass. The circular legend in Latin runs along the periphery of the flan, and the coin exhibits the heavy green patination typical of orichalcum sestertii of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus).) |
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The INDVLGENTIA type marks one of Hadrian's formal remissions of debt owed to the Roman treasury — a documented event, not merely a symbolic gesture. In 118 AD and again around 129, he ordered the public burning of tax records in Trajan's Forum, canceling arrears totaling approximately 900 million sesterces and freeing thousands of citizens and decurions from prosecution. The bonfire of the tablets was theatrical by design.
RIC II.3 1272 belongs to the later emission, struck after Hadrian's return from his extensive provincial tours.