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Sestertius - Hadrian FELICITAS AVG S C, Felicitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Felicitas, draped and seated left upon a throne or chair, holding a caduceus upright in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising imperial prosperity and divine favour. The figure is rendered in the classical Roman allegorical tradition, with drapery falling naturally over the seat. The senatorial authorization marks S and C appear in the left and right fields respectively. The encircling legend FELICITAS AVG is distributed around the upper periphery of the flan. |
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Hadrian's late reign sestertii, struck in the 133–135 window, belong to a period when the emperor had effectively retired from active campaigning and turned his attention to consolidating the administrative and religious character of the empire. The Felicitas type appears within a broader programmatic series emphasizing divine favor and imperial stability — imagery with particular resonance after the costly Bar Kokhba revolt, which had concluded around 135 with the destruction of Judaea as a province and its reconstitution as Syria Palaestina.
Orichalcum sestertii of Hadrian are frequently found with significant die wear on the reverse, a known characteristic of this late series attributed to high production volume against an aging die stock at the Rome mint.