Scarce VESTA silver denarius, Sabina (d.136 CE), Roman Empire (RIC 410)

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SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP, diademed draped bust right, hair in plait behind / VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding Palladium and sceptre. 18mm, 3.65 grams. Rome mint. RIC 410; Sear 3925; RSC 81.

Ex-CNG; Ex-private British collection.

Vibia Sabina (83–136/137 CE) was a Roman Empress, wife and second cousin once removed to the Roman Emperor Hadrian. She was the daughter of Matidia (niece of Roman Emperor Trajan) and consul Lucius Vibius Sabinus. Sabina is the first woman whose image features on a regular and continuous series of coins minted at Rome.


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