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Sestertius - Hadrian FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Roman warship (navis longa) sailing left, depicted in profile with a prominent bank of oars rendered in relief along the hull and a curved stern. At the prow, a figurehead — identified in numismatic literature as Minerva Promachus, a Triton, or Pegasus — is visible. The legend FELICITATI AVG is inscribed in the upper field in two lines, with COS III P P flanking the vessel, and S C split across the lower field, denoting senatorial authority. The composition evokes Hadrian's celebrated sea voyages and his propagandistic promotion of imperial felicitas, and is rendered in the bold, high-relief style characteristic of Rome Mint sestertii of the late 120s AD. |
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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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