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Sestertius - Sabina CONCORDIA AVG S C, Concordia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Concordia, personification of harmony and concord, seated left upon a throne, holding a patera in her extended right hand and resting her left arm upon a figure of Spes (Hope). A cornucopia is typically depicted below the throne. The large senatorial mark of value S·C (Senatus Consultum) appears prominently in the field, flanking the seated figure, with the reverse legend distributed around the periphery. |
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Sabina, wife of Hadrian, occupied an unusual position in the imperial household — ancient sources, including the Historia Augusta, record that Hadrian found her temperament insufferable and reportedly remarked she had taken care never to become pregnant by him. The CONCORDIA legend on her coinage is therefore either pointed imperial propaganda or a studied imperial joke, projecting domestic harmony the palace conspicuously lacked.
Her sestertius issues were struck during Hadrian's intensive building and travel years, when the mint was producing substantial quantities of dynastic coinage to reinforce the image of a stable ruling house.