Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 133-135. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust right, hair falling in plait down neck: hair 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; Strack 375b; RSC 81; BMCRE 917 (Hadrian). Lightly toned and lustrous, die wear on reverse. EF. Wonderful portrait.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 761; Berk BBS 113 (22 July 2003), lot 360.
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