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Sestertius - Sabina VENERI GENETRICI S C, Venus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 136-138 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome |
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Sabina, wife of Hadrian, received the title Augusta around 128 AD but occupied an almost deliberately diminished public role — ancient sources, including the Historia Augusta, suggest Hadrian found her company disagreeable and kept her at a studied distance. The Venus Genetrix reverse type, invoking the divine ancestress of the Julian line, was nonetheless a politically loaded choice for a woman whose marriage had produced no heirs, associating her with a goddess of fertility and dynastic continuity she never personally embodied.
Sabina died in 136 or 137 AD, almost certainly before Hadrian himself, with some ancient accounts hinting her death was not entirely natural.