EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.26 g, 11h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.26 g, 11h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Hadrian / CABЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right of Sabina, wearing stephane (or perhaps her hair is pulled into a braid, almost like a diadem), her hair pulled into a queue down her neck; L Iς (date) across field. Köln 1041; Dattari (Savio) 1252; K&G 32.515; RPC III 5788; Emmett 886.16. Toned, light porosity, minor marks. VF. Very rare bust type of Sabina on a Hadrian tetradrachm.

From the Conti Collection.

This particular bust style for Sabina is very rare on tetradrachms issued by Hadrian, with his portrait on the obverse and Sabina’s on the reverse, but it is similar to the portrait on the issues that depict Sabina on the obverse with her enthroned on the reverse in the guise of Demeter (regnal year 15 of Hadrian).

Closing Date and Time: 28 September 2022 at 12:09:20 ET.

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