BITHYNIA, Cius. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ (31mm, 20.24 g, 6h). Draped bust right, hair coiled with pearls atop double stephane / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RG 36 corr. (rev. description); RPC III 1053.2 (this coin, illustrated). Red-brown patina, deposits, scratches, small edge split. VF. Extremely rare and with a fine style portrait, only two known to RPC. From the Mesogeios Collection, purchased from Edgar L. Owen. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 509; Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 325 (July 1971), no. 20.
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