Dupondius - Hadrian FORTVNAE REDVCI S C; Fortuna

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (117-138)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	121-123
Value	1 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Orichalcum
Weight	12.5 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 255168
References	RIC II.3# 615 Richard Anthony Abdy, Peter Franz Mittag; 2019. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.3. Hadrian (AD 117–138) (1926 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2_3(2).hdn.615 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Hadrian, radiate, cuirassed, cropped of pteryges, right, viewed from front.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.

Reverse

Fortuna, seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FORTVNAE REDVCI
S C

Translation:
Fortunae Reduci. Senatus Consultum.
To returning fortune. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (121-123)

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