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Dupondius or As - Sabina PIETAS S C, Pietas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled in the Hadrianic court style, drawn back and piled on the crown of the head. The effigy is rendered with fine sculptural detail typical of the Rome Mint's workshop production of the early 130s AD. The encircling Latin legend reads SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, distributed around the periphery of the flan. A raised border frames the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sabina's coinage was produced almost entirely under the direction of Hadrian, who controlled imperial image-making with unusual deliberateness. The PIETAS type belongs to a group of issues celebrating virtues associated with the empress, though Sabina herself held little independent political power — Hadrian's relationship with her was, by most ancient accounts, cold and largely ceremonial. She predeceased him by a year or two, dying around 136–137 AD, after which Hadrian consecrated her and issued a separate posthumous series.
RIC II.3 #2528 reflects the revised Trajanic and Hadrianic volume scholarship, with the old RIC II attributions substantially reorganized.