Sestertius of Sabina
Minted:Rome
Culture: Roman
Date: AD 128-136
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
1 1/4 × 1 5/16 in. (3.2 × 3.4 cm)
26.04 grams
Die Axis: 5
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.111.53
Inscribed: Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP
Reverse: S C
Provenance: Sold, Coin Galleries, New York, February 21, 1990, lot 337, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991.
Label Text
Obverse: Bust of Sabina (wife of Hadrian), wearing a double stephane (crown);
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P
Reverse: Ceres, seated on a modius and holding ears of corn and a torch; S C
(J. Powers, 2008)
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P
Reverse: Ceres, seated on a modius and holding ears of corn and a torch; S C
(J. Powers, 2008)
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