120, Lot: 167. Estimate $200. Sold for $161. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SABINA, wife of Hadrian. Augusta, 128-136 AD. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 23.40 g). Struck circa 128-134 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Pietas standing facing, head left, her hand held above the heads of two small children, a boy on the left, girl on right. RIC II 1030 (Hadrian); BMCRE 1876; Cohen 52. VF, dark brown surfaces, some roughness, particularly on the reverse.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.