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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
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