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Sestertius - Hadrian // EX S C S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 137-138 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered with fine detail including a short beard characteristic of Hadrian's mature portraiture. The emperor is depicted with wavy hair beneath a laurel wreath, the bust truncated at the shoulder. The encircling legend runs from the lower left around the upper field to the lower right, framing the imperial effigy in the Roman epigraphic tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (137-138) |
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The "EX S C" formula on this sestertius reflects an administrative distinction that had, by Hadrian's reign, become largely ceremonial — the Senate's theoretical authority over bronze coinage dating back to Augustus had long since been absorbed into imperial routine. What makes the 137–138 dating significant is that Hadrian was by then gravely ill, consumed with the succession crisis that followed the death of his first chosen heir, Lucius Aelius, in January 138. Coins struck in these final months were produced under a regime already transitioning toward Antoninus Pius.