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Sestertius - Hadrian P M TR P COS III S C, Spes
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 121-123 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (121-123) |
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Hadrian's early sestertii from this period were struck while he was consolidating authority after Trajan's death — an accession that was itself disputed, with the adoption recorded only after Trajan died and widely suspected to have been engineered by the empress Plotina. The Spes type belongs to a broader program of virtue coinage Hadrian deployed deliberately, projecting stability onto a succession that many in the Senate viewed with open suspicion.
RIC II.3 679 is a product of the 2007 revision that disaggregated the older RIC II Hadrianic material considerably — collectors working from pre-revision references will find significant renumbering throughout this reign.