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Sestertius - Hadrian INDVLGENTIA AVG P P COS III S C, Indulgentia
| 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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| Edge | Plain |
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This issue commemorates a specific act of indulgentia — a formal remission of tax debts owed to the imperial treasury. Hadrian performed at least two such remissions, the more dramatic occurring around 118–119 AD when he had records of outstanding debts publicly burned in Trajan's Forum, canceling arrears totaling some 900 million sesterces. The coin's date range of 129–130 likely ties to a second, lesser-documented remission rather than that spectacular early act.
Hadrian's reign produced an unusually rich variety of commemorative sestertius types, many celebrating specific provinces or policy gestures — a propagandistic strategy without real precedent in the preceding Flavian and Nervan-Trajanic output.