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Sestertius - Hadrian // EXERC SYRIACVS S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P (Translation: Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation.) |
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| Reverse lettering | // EXERC SYRIACVS S C (Translation: Exercitus Syriacus. Senatus Consultum. Army of Syria. Decree of the senate.) |
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The EXERC SYRIACVS ("Syrian Army") sestertii belong to Hadrian's celebrated series of "exercitus" coins, struck to commemorate his extensive tour of the empire's provincial armies beginning around 128 AD. Hadrian personally inspected the Syrian legions — reviewing drills, reforming supply lines, and delivering addresses to the troops — a practice so unusual for a reigning emperor that it generated its own commemorative coinage across multiple denominations.
Syria garrisoned some of Rome's most strategically critical forces, positioned against the Parthian frontier. The timing of this issue, roughly contemporary with Hadrian's suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt in nearby Judaea, was anything but coincidental.