451, Lot: 261. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.79 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/131). CABINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right of Sabina, wearing stephane / CABINA CЄBACTH, Sabina, as Demeter, seated left, holding two grain ears with her extended right hand and a long scepter with her left; L IE (date) in upper left field. Köln 1263 var. (reverse legend CABЄINA); Dattari (Savio) 2061 var. (same); K&G 33.1; RPC III 5773/1 = BMC 916; Emmett 1334.15. Toned, some minor porosity. VF. Rare variety with Sabina’s name spelled on reverse as CABINA.