Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
N.d.
Primary Source Reference:
"Catalogue des Medailles Romaines dans ma collection," Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 2
Notes:
This sestertius minted in Rome may have been similar to the one pictured here: Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P (The empress Sabina, of the emperor Hadrian, Pater Patriae or Father of the country): Bust of Sabina, diademed, wearing stephane with hair in bun, draped, right / VENERI GENETRICI (Venus, progenator of the family) // S C (in field): Venus standing right, arranging drapery and holding apple. R.A. Abdy and P.F. Mittag, The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 2, part 3 (rev.), Hadrian, 2596-2598
