IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust r. toga visible on l.shoulder Rev.: Hadrian seated l. on high platform making distribution to standing citizen"PM TRP COS III"in exerg. "LIBERALAVG", below: "III". HADRIANVS cvm SABINA Alexandria..Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian l.; AVT KAIC ADRIANOC CEB”. Rev.: “CABINA CEBACTH”, draped bust of Sabina r.; date across LK A. regnal year 15=130/1 AD , “B”. 117-138 AD. EGYPT, Mint: Alexandria. billon Tetradrachm (12.15g, 25mm. Sear 1 273var. (100). B MC. 16.69.566.
I have a special interest in the images of Sabina in which she uses her mother Matidia's hairstyle, so your tet caught my interest. Nice. This style does appear on denarii as well, though not as frequently as the look of her longer tresses. Since it just so happens that one of my most recent purchases is a coin of Hadrian, which I rarely buy at all, I can show the couple (despite his preference for another). Both are seller's images:
Great Hadrians and Sabina tet. I just bid on a large Alexandrian drachm of Antinuous - pretty rare, in F condition. Hope I win the bid. These ones can get quite pricey.
