Adventus
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Adventus (ceremony)
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| O: laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius
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R: Trajan Decius riding horse, raising hand and holding scepter
ADVENTVS AVG |
| silver antoninianus struck in Rome 249-250 AD; ref.: RIC 11b; RSC 4
This coin was struck to the occasion of emperor's return (adventus) to Rome. |
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For other meanings, see Adventus.
The adventus was a ceremony in ancient Rome, in which an emperor was formally welcomed into a city either during a progress or after a military campaign, often (but not always) Rome. The term is also used to refer to artistic depicitions (usually in relief sculpture) of such ceremonies. Its 'opposite' is the profectio.
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