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Denarius - Sabina IVNONI REGINAE, Juno
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Vibia Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately dressed and piled high at the crown, adorned with a single stephane. The finely rendered portrait displays the characteristic idealized style of Hadrianic court portraiture. The encircling legend is set within a beaded border. The rendering of the drapery at the shoulder is delicate and typical of the refined die-cutting of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | SABINA AVGVSTA (Translation: Sabina Augusta. [Vibia] Sabina, the venerable.) |
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Sabina, wife of Hadrian, was elevated to Augusta sometime around 128 AD — a title that conferred the right to issue coinage in her own name, though scholars remain divided on how much personal agency she exercised over the types selected. The dedication to Juno Regina, queen of the gods, was a conventional pairing for imperial women of the period, aligning the empress with divine feminine authority in a way the Roman public would have found entirely legible.
Sabina's relationship with Hadrian was reportedly cold, a detail preserved by the Historia Augusta, which claims Hadrian considered divorce. She died in 136 or 137 AD, shortly after which Hadrian consecrated her — a posthumous elevation reflected in a separate coinage series.