Published by on July 15, 2026 See Photos for Details and condition and gradeHadrian Silver Denarius, Beard, Hair, Lettering, Pudicitia Standing and the strike of the coin's edge! Roman Empire, Silver Denarius, 3.33g, issued Rome mint: AD 125-128, = RIC 176d,page 360.Grade XF "I fulfill my duties as your emperor with piety seriousness" Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, draped laureate bust right.Reverse: COS III, Pudicitia standing left and vieled drapery on left shoulderPudicitia ("modesty" or "sexual virtue") was a central concept in ancient Roman sexual ethics. The word is derived from the more general pudor, the sense of shame that regulated an individual's behavior as socially acceptable. Pudicitia was most often a defining characteristic of women, but men who failed to conform to masculine sexual norms were said to exhibit feminizing impudicitia, sexual shamelessness. The virtue was personified by the Roman goddess Pudicitia, whose Greek equivalent was Aidos.