Description
Roman Empire. Sabina, 86-136. Aureus, 128-129, Rome. Gold 7.16 g.; 20.5 mm.
Obverse: Bust of Sabina, wearing double stephane with hair braided and piled, draped, right. Obverse caption: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P //
Reverse: Vesta seated left, holding palladium in right hand and sceptre in left.
RIC II Hadrian 413A (Aureus). RIC: 2484.
A very fine and rare specimen, with a beautiful patina! Cleaning and slight hairlines in fields. Old touchstone mark at 10 o'clock on the edge.
Almost uncirculated AU 50-53
Provenance Details
Ex Münzen und Medaillenhandlung Dr. Brandt 8, 1990, lot 411.
Comment
Struck for Hadrian's wife, whose hairstyle is an excellent indicator of the fashions of the time, associated with the goddess Vesta, the main deity associated with the feminine members of the imperial family.
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