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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4992717, member: 87809&quot;]Clementia Augusta (the Emperor&#039;s Clemency), is a seldom used goddess on Roman coins.&nbsp; Sure, many emperors have legends with Clementia, but she herself is not depicted very often.</p><p>Clementia says more about how the emperor wants to be seen by his people than a personal virtue. Like most all of the Roman emperors, Hadrian persecuted merciless his political and military opponents, e.g. at the start of his reign and after the Jewish War 132 - 135 AD. Nonetheless, he is considered by ancient and present-day historians as a positive representative of the Roman Principate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until now, I did not have any emperor with Clementia on the reverse. This one caught my eye:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ As, Rome, ca. 129 - 130 AD</p><p>26 mm,10.97 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC II Hadrian 714l (as); Cohen 228; RCV II 3677;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: HADRIANVS – AVGVSTVS Bust of Hadrian, bare head to l., aegis on his r. shoulder, draped</p><p>Rev.: C(LEME)NTIA A–VG COS III P P/S–C Clementia standing left, holding patera in extended r. hand and vertical scepter in l.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1199164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For about three years I have been trying to find this Fortuna, not the one holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae, but holding pater and cornucopia.</p><p>I had an empty flip, no coin; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> lost somewhere, don&#039;t know when or how.</p><p><br /></p><p>After I had bought Clementia, there she was, Perry had one. Needless to say, I am really very happy<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It isn&#039;t rare, but quite hard to find:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, Æ Sestertius, Rome, 133 - 135 AD</p><p>31 mm, 26.63 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC II.part 3 (2nd edition) Hadrian 2118 (previously RIC II, 760f); Str II, 670; Cohen 770; BMC 1514</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Bust of Hadrian, laureate, with paludamentum to r.</p><p>Rev.: FORTVNA AVG, S - C in field, Fortuna, draped, standing l., holding patera in r. hand and cornucopia in l.</p><p>In Republican and Imperial Rome, the paludamentum was a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders (e.g. the legionary Legatus) and rather less often by their troops.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1199161[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><b>Would love to see your Clementias and Fortunas </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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