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ID number:  BIRBI-R1138
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Hadrian; Sabina; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  128 - 136
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.75
Weight (g):  3.53
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 229. W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Sabina, draped,diademed. Hair is knotted in back and falls in waves down neck, hair also piled on top, above diadem. Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated l. on throne, holding patera in extended r. hand and resting l. on statuette of Spes, set on low base; cornucopiae under throne.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P (Sabina Augusta Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland). Reverse: CONCOR DIA AVG (Harmony Augustus).

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 398

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Hadrian
Roman
76
138
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Sabina
Roman
83
c.136
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