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Sestertius - Sabina CONCORDIA AVG S C, Concordia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint (Rome) |
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| Year | 136-138 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Concordia, personification of harmony and concord, depicted standing facing left in long flowing robes, her weight resting against a tall column positioned to her right. In her extended right hand she holds a patera (libation dish), and in her left arm she cradles a double cornucopia (horn of plenty), symbolizing abundance and prosperity. The legend CONCORDIA AVG is distributed across the upper field, while the senatorial authorization mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in the lower field on either side of the figure, as was standard for large bronze issues of the period. |
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Sabina, wife of Hadrian, occupied a peculiar position at court — contemporary sources, including the Historia Augusta, suggest Hadrian found her temperament disagreeable and privately complained about her, yet she received more official imperial honors than almost any empress before her. The CONCORDIA reverse on this sestertius is almost certainly propagandistic rather than personal, projecting a harmony the couple's marriage conspicuously lacked.
She was deified immediately upon her death in 136 or 137 AD, likely at Hadrian's political insistence rather than spontaneous senatorial initiative.