Hadrian Dupondius MONETA AVGVSTI Rome AD 125-128

Hadrian, dupondius, orichalcum, AD 117–138, Rome mint, struck AD 125–128, 12.22 g, 28 mm. Obverse with laureate head of Hadrian right; legend IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III. Reverse MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing left holding scales and cornucopia. Tooled and re-engraved. RIC II.3 Hadrian 439–441. The MONETA AVGVSTI type belongs to Hadrian’s early imperial coinage emphasizing the integrity of the monetary system under the princeps, associating the emperor’s authority with the personification Moneta, traditionally linked to the administration of coinage and standards; as a dupondius in brass alloy, it formed part of the everyday fiduciary currency used widely across the Empire in the mid-2nd century AD.