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Sestertius - Hadrian RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE S C, Hispania
| 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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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Hadrian facing left, toga-clad, extending his right hand to raise a kneeling personification of Hispania who proffers an olive branch; between the two figures, a rabbit crouches in the field, a traditional symbol of the Iberian peninsula. The senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consulto) appears in the lower field on either side of the composition. The reverse legend RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE is disposed around the upper periphery, commemorating Hadrian's restorative visit to the province. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hadrian's famous tour of the western provinces, undertaken around 121–122 AD, directly inspired a series of "restitutor" sestertii celebrating his visits to individual provinces. The Hispania issue belongs to a broader programmatic coinage — one of roughly a dozen provincial types — issued to commemorate his restoration of local infrastructure, veteran settlements, and administrative order. Hispania held particular weight for Hadrian: it was his ancestral homeland, the province from which his family originated before moving to Italica.
RIC II.3 1865 is among the more frequently encountered of the restitutor types, which likely reflects Hispania's economic importance and the volume of coinage circulating there.