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Sestertius - Hadrian FORT REDVCI S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | FORT REDVCI S C (Translation: Fortuna Reduci. Senatus Consultum. Fortune returns. Decree of the senate.) |
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FORT REDVCI — "Fortuna the Home-Bringer" — was a type Hadrian deployed on coinage during the final years of his reign, almost certainly tied to his last return to Rome after extensive provincial tours that had consumed much of his rule since 121 AD. He had traveled further and longer than virtually any emperor before him, and the propagandistic weight of a safe homecoming carried genuine political currency by the 130s, when his health was visibly failing.
Orichalcum sestertii of this period are notoriously prone to flan cracking, a known issue with late Hadrianic large bronze production at Rome.