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Sestertius - Hadrian FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Diameter | 32.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Roman war galley (navis longa) depicted in profile sailing to the right, with oars extended below the hull rendered in detail and a helmsman visible at the stern. The ship's prow is adorned with an aplustre, and crew members are discernible along the deck, evoking Hadrian's celebrated maritime travels and his promotion of imperial felicitas. The legend FELICITATI AVG COS III P P is distributed around the upper field, while S C appears in the lower exergual area, denoting senatorial authority over bronze coinage. The composition celebrates the good fortune and prosperity of the emperor, a recurrent propagandistic theme of Hadrianic bronze issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C (Translation: Felicitati Augusti, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. To the good fortune of the emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.) |
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