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Dupondius or As - Sabina PVDICITIA, Pudicitia
| 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 description | Draped bust of Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately dressed in a queue and adorned with a stephane, the head possibly wreathed with a corn wreath. The effigy conveys the dignified and idealized portraiture characteristic of Hadrianic imperial coinage. The encircling legend identifies her as Augusta and consort of Hadrian. |
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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.) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Pudicitia, veiled and fully draped, seated left upon a high-backed throne, her right hand raised to adjust or arrange her veil in the characteristic gesture of modesty associated with this allegory. The figure is rendered in a dignified, classicizing style befitting Hadrianic state coinage. The legend PVDICITIA arcs around the upper field, and the senatorial authorization mark S C appears in the lower exergual area. |
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