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Sestertius - Hadrian RESTITVTORI ARABIAE S C, Arabia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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The RESTITVTORI series of sestertii, struck under Hadrian between 130 and 133, commemorates his extraordinary tour of the eastern provinces — the most extensive imperial progress the Roman world had seen. Arabia Petraea had been annexed under Trajan in 106 AD, but Hadrian's visit reframed the relationship: less conquest, more renewal. The "restorer" rhetoric was deliberate policy, distinguishing his reign from Trajan's aggressive expansionism.
Arabia was among the later additions to the series, which eventually covered some seventeen provinces. The Nabataean trade networks through Petra remained economically significant, and the province's copper production fed directly into the orichalcum alloy used for these very coins.