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Sestertius - Hadrian PAX AVG S C, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Pax stands in full figure facing left, her weight resting on her right leg in a contrapposto stance, clad in a long draped chiton. She extends her right hand forward, offering an olive branch, while her left arm cradles a cornucopia, both attributes symbolizing peace and abundance. The legend PAX AVG is distributed across the upper field, while S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the figure to either side in the mid-field, denoting senatorial authorization of the bronze coinage. The reverse field shows the characteristic green patina of orichalcum bronze, with a beaded border encircling the design. |
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Hadrian's prolonged tours of the provinces — unprecedented for a sitting emperor — shaped the political messaging of his later coinage. The PAX types issued between 133 and 135 coincide with the brutal suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea, Rome's costliest military engagement of the second century. The irony of advertising peace while legions were destroying the last vestiges of Jewish political autonomy in the east was apparently lost on no one in the mint's program office, or simply ignored.