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Dupondius or As - Sabina PIETAS S C, Pietas
| 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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| Obverse lettering | SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P (Translation: Sabina Augusta, Hadriani Augusti, Patri Patriae. [Vibia] Sabina, the venerable, [consort] of emperor (Augustus) Hadrian, father of the nation.) |
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| Reverse lettering | PIETAS S C (Translation: Pietas. Senatus Consultum. Piety. Decree of the senate.) |
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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.