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Sabina, wife of Hadrian (Augusta, AD 128-136/7). AR denarius. NGC XF, scratches. Rome, AD 128. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane, hair plaited and coiled atop head / No legend, Venus standing right, seen from behind, leaning on column with shield behind, holding reverted spear and helmet. RIC (Hadrian) 412. BMCRE (Hadrian) 920. RSC 89. Rare early Trajanic hair style! Mellow toned surfaces, a few scratches mainly on reverse.
Vibia Sabina was the daughter of L. Vibius Sabinus and Salonia Matidia, the favorite niece of the childless emperor Trajan. Sabina married the 24-year-old Hadrian in AD 100, marking him out as the likely successor to the throne, although his position was never formalized until just before Trajan's death in AD 117. Hadrian and Sabina's 36-year marriage remained childless and the union appears to have been coldly cordial at best, although the royal couple kept up appearances and there was never talk of divorce or formal separation. Sabina was not formally named Augusta, or Empress, until AD 128, perhaps to coincide with Hadrian receiving the title of Pater Patriae from the Senate. This denarius and the following, depicting Sabina in an elaborate piled-up coiffeur, were struck to mark her elevation.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 200-280 USD
Sabina, wife of Hadrian (Augusta, AD 128-136/7). AR denarius. NGC XF, scratches. Rome, AD 128. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane, hair plaited and coiled atop head / No legend, Venus standing right, seen from behind, leaning on column with shield behind, holding reverted spear and helmet. RIC (Hadrian) 412. BMCRE (Hadrian) 920. RSC 89. Rare early Trajanic hair style! Mellow toned surfaces, a few scratches mainly on reverse.
Vibia Sabina was the daughter of L. Vibius Sabinus and Salonia Matidia, the favorite niece of the childless emperor Trajan. Sabina married the 24-year-old Hadrian in AD 100, marking him out as the likely successor to the throne, although his position was never formalized until just before Trajan's death in AD 117. Hadrian and Sabina's 36-year marriage remained childless and the union appears to have been coldly cordial at best, although the royal couple kept up appearances and there was never talk of divorce or formal separation. Sabina was not formally named Augusta, or Empress, until AD 128, perhaps to coincide with Hadrian receiving the title of Pater Patriae from the Senate. This denarius and the following, depicting Sabina in an elaborate piled-up coiffeur, were struck to mark her elevation.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 200-280 USD