EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.12 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/132).

CNG Feature Auction 115
Lot: 479. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Provincial, Billon

Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.12 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/132). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Hadrian / CABЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right of Sabina, wearing stephane (or perhaps her hair is pulled into a braid, almost like a diadem), her hair pulled into a queue down her neck; L Iς (date) across field. Köln 1041; Dattari (Savio) 1252; K&G 32.515; RPC III 5788; Emmett 886.16. Toned, light porosity and a few spots of verdigris. Good VF. Very rare bust type of Sabina on a Hadrian tetradrachm.

From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian.

This particular bust style for Sabina is very rare on tetradrachms issued by Hadrian, with his portrait on the obverse and Sabina’s on the reverse, but it is similar to the portrait on the issues that depict Sabina on the obverse with her enthroned on the reverse in the guise of Demeter (regnal year 15 of Hadrian).

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