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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8305991, member: 110350&quot;]Do you happen to know when Hadrian stopped issuing radiate dupondii? My only Hadrian radiate dupondius was issued in AD 119/120 according to the new RIC (i.e., around the 4th year of his reign):</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, AE Dupondius, AD 119 - c. mid-120 [see RIC II.3 pp. 89-97], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate head right with part of upper shoulder line viewed from behind, IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TRP COS III / Rev. Virtus standing right, right breast bare, left foot on helmet, holding spear with right hand and parazonium with left hand, VIRTUTI AVGVSTI,* S - C across fields. RIC II.3 278 [bust variety A1: nude, no drapery] &amp; Pl. 68 (2019 ed.), old RIC II 605 (1926 ed.), Sear RCV II 3670, Cohen 1470, BMCRE 1239. 27 mm., 11.36 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470000[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*See RIC II.3 Introduction at p. 49, explaining that new messages seen during the 119-121 period include “Honos and Virtus, celebrating the Emperor’s honour and courage. Honos is a relatively rare male personification. The more commonplace Virtus is female but she demonstrates the masculine nature of her message – vir = man in Latin – by holding a parazonium [large dagger in ornamental scabbard with bulbous end] in a distinctly phallic pose.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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