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Denarius - Sabina VENERI GENETRICI, Venus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 136-138 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse lettering | SABINA AVGVSTA (Translation: Sabina Augusta. [Vibia] Sabina, the venerable.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sabina's coinage is frequently dismissed as routine imperial consort production, but the VENERI GENETRICI types issued in these final years carry a specific political charge. Venus Genetrix — ancestral Venus, mother of the Julian line — was an unusual invocation for a Hadrianic issue, gesturing toward dynastic legitimacy at precisely the moment Hadrian's succession plans were in crisis following the death of his first chosen heir, Lucius Ceionius Commodus, in January 136. Sabina herself died sometime around 136–137, and ancient sources including the Historia Augusta suggest Hadrian hastened her end.