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Sestertius - Sabina PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 136-138 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.3#2581, OCRE#ric.2_3(2).hdn.2581 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (136-138) |
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Sabina's coinage, including this sestertius, was issued under Hadrian but reflects a careful political calculus — their marriage was famously miserable, described by the Historia Augusta as so difficult that Hadrian allegedly remarked he would have divorced her had she been a private citizen. The PIETAS reverse is almost certainly programmatic, projecting domestic and religious virtue onto a union that satisfied nobody. Sabina died in 136 or early 137, possibly before Hadrian himself, and some ancient sources hint at foul play, though nothing was ever established.