Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 4 of Hadrian, circa AD 133-135. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, hair falling in plait down neck: it is waved at back and rises on top in crest over stephane above diadem / VES TA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne, holding palladium on extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II.3 2545 (same dies as second illustration); RIC II 410 (Hadrian); Abdy, Chronology, New Group 4; RSC 81; BMCRE 918 (Hadrian; same dies). Iridescent toning, minor deposits on reverse. EF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 1453.


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