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Denarius - Sabina CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia and Spes
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | Concordia, the personification of harmony, is depicted seated left upon a high-backed throne, holding a patera in her extended right hand and resting her left arm upon a figure of Spes. An ear of corn rises to the left of the composition, and a cornucopia appears beneath the throne on some examples. The reverse legend arcs above the seated figure in the upper field. |
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| Mintage | ND (130-133) |
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Sabina's coinage was almost entirely controlled by Hadrian's imperial administration — she had no independent authority to authorize issues, and the types chosen for her reverses reflect court ideology rather than any personal program. The pairing of Concordia with Spes on this type is pointed: Hadrian and Sabina's marriage was, by most ancient accounts including Dio Cassius, genuinely unhappy, making the propagandistic insistence on marital harmony all the more deliberate.
Sabina died around 136–137 AD, shortly before Hadrian himself, and was posthumously deified.