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ID number: BIRBI-R1165 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton; Webb, Percy H.; Carfrae, Robert; Weber, Hermann Maker: Hadrian; Sabina; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 128 - 136 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 28.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2021. A. H. Baldwin 1942, ex Weber, Carfrae & Webb Collections. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Sabina, r., hair falling in plait down neck and piled on top behind diadem. Reverse: S - C to l. and r. Pietas, veiled, draped, standing front, head l., placing hands on heads of young girl and boy, l. and r. respectively
Inscriptions: Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P (Sabina Augusta, Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland). Reverse: PIETn... AVG (Piety Augustus).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 1030
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