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Sestertius - Hadrian RESTITVTORI GALLIAE S C, Gallia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Emperor Hadrian, togate and standing to the right, extends his right hand to raise the kneeling personification of Gallia, who is depicted in provincial dress and reaches upward toward the emperor in a gesture of supplication and gratitude. Hadrian holds a volumen (scroll) in his left hand, symbolising his beneficent decrees. The senatorial mark of authority S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in the exergue, flanking the central group, while the reverse legend arcs around the upper field. |
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The "Restitutor" series issued under Hadrian commemorates his extensive provincial tours — journeys he undertook with unusual personal dedication between roughly 121 and 132 AD. Gallia was among the earlier stops, and these coins were struck retrospectively in Rome, not on campaign, as a deliberate program of imperial propaganda reinforcing Hadrian's image as a benefactor who personally engaged with the provinces rather than governing from a distance.
RIC II.3 1849 is among the less frequently encountered Gallia types within the Restitutores group, which spans nearly a dozen provinces.