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Sestertius - Sabina IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 133-135 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Juno Regina depicted standing facing left in full-length draped robes, her right hand extended forward holding a patera for libation, and her left hand grasping a tall vertical sceptre. The figure is rendered in the classical manner typical of Hadrianic imperial coinage, occupying the central field between the flanking senatorial authority marks S and C. The reverse legend IVNONI REGINAE arcs around the upper field within a dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sabina, wife of Hadrian, received the title Augusta around 128 AD but remained a largely ceremonial figure — ancient sources, including the Historia Augusta, suggest Hadrian found her tiresome and the marriage was cold by any measure. The Juno Regina type issued in her name during these years was almost certainly a court initiative rather than a personal honor, tying the empress to the queen of the gods as a matter of dynastic optics. Sabina died, possibly by suicide or imperial pressure, shortly after this issue — Hadrian deified her, then minted coins celebrating the apotheosis.