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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.193
People
Sabina, Roman (r. 117 - 136 CE)
Title
Sestertius of Sabina, wife of Hadrian
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
128-136
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184751

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
23.96 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
sestertius

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMCR iii, p. cxviii-ix, and cxlix for the date, no. 1879, pl. 99.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.193
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust, dr., r., hair coiled on top of head above a double stephane; legend almost obliterated
Rev.: Ceres, veiled, draped, seated l., holding ?two corn ears in r. hand and ?torch in l.; no legend

Verification Level

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