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Aureus with bust of Sabina, struck under Hadrian

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 128–136
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 5.35 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.789
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Sabina, diademed and draped, right.
SABINA AVGVSTA
Reverse: Vesta enthroned left, scepter in left hand, Palladium on extended right hand.
VES TA

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)