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Sestertius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III S C, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121-123 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | P M TR P COS III S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium, Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate.) |
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Hadrian's early sestertii from 121–123 AD were struck during a period when he was actively distancing himself from Trajan's expansionist policy, having abandoned Mesopotamia and Armenia almost immediately upon accession. The COS III designation places this issue within his third consulship, a tenure that coincided with his first major tour of the provinces — a journey that would eventually take him through Gaul, Britain, and the Rhineland and fundamentally reshape Roman frontier policy.
RIC II.3 671 is one of several Minerva types from this emission, reflecting the goddess's consistent association with Hadrian's self-cultivated image as a ruler of intellectual and military discipline rather than conquest.