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Auction 48  24 Sep 2020
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Lot 678

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 50 GBP
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The T. R. Hardaker Collection, Roman, Sabina, wife of Hadrian (AD 117 – 138), denarius, Rome, SABINA AVGVSTA – HADRIANI AVG P P, diad. bust, rev. CONCOR – DIA AVG, Concordia with patera, l. elbow rests on a small figure of Spes, wt. 3.31gms. (RIC.II, 398, RSC.II, 12), very fine
Interestingly, Sabina was the first woman whose image was featured on a near continuous series of coins minted in Rome. Nevertheless, Hadrian was reported to have treated her little better than a slave, which is thought to have contributed to her suicide.
(100-120 GBP)
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