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Sestertius - Hadrian PONT MAX TR POT COS FORT RED SC, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 117 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with the paludamentum visible at the shoulder, rendered in the high-relief portraiture characteristic of early Hadrianic coinage. The emperor's features are depicted with a short beard, an early hallmark of Hadrian's iconography that distinguished him from his predecessors. The encircling legend runs along the outer border of the obverse field. The flan shows the characteristic broad, flat fabric typical of Severan-era sestertii struck in orichalcum. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Fortuna Redux is depicted seated left upon a throne, draped in flowing robes, holding a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left — her classical attributes symbolising safe return and abundance. The senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) is placed in the field to either side of the figure, flanking the central type as customary on imperial bronze coinage. The legend is distributed around the periphery and in the lower exergue, with FORT RED prominently inscribed below the figure. The composition follows the standard iconographic programme for Fortuna Redux types issued to celebrate Hadrian's return to Rome. |
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