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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3254475, member: 88829&quot;]Having just spent a few hours working these up, I will show some of the Sabina varieties before rushing on.&nbsp; Sabina has many faces, even on the denarius.&nbsp; I have been playing with that for a while now and will do a thread on it.&nbsp; But here are a couple of examples:</p><p>Mattingly groups the coins of Sabina into 5 groups according to obverse legend, three of which occur on silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Group III - SABINA AVGVSTA&nbsp; - HADRIANI AVG P P</b></p><p>there are 5 main bust types for this group.&nbsp; Here I show type &quot;c&quot; with her hair piled on the top of her head in a stye very much like that of her mother, Matidia -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]854696[/ATTACH] </p><p>The reverse features the figure of Vesta seated left holding the Palladium forward in her right hand and supporting a scepter in her left (not transverse).&nbsp; The figures below her throne are reminiscent of the ornamental acroteria that appear later on certain architectural issues (e.g Maxentius).&nbsp; In the exergue appear the senate confirmation letters <b>S C</b> which typically do not appear on denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Group IV - SABINA - AVGVSTA</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The first and third of the bust types used in Group three are also used here.&nbsp; Type &quot;c&quot; is similar to the above, and type &quot;a&quot; appears here:&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]854702[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This features a plait that runs down the back of her neck, and rises to a crest over her stephane above her diadem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse features Concordia (CONCOR - DIA AVG) seated on throne to left, holding out a patera in her right hand and resting her left elbow on a statue of Spes.&nbsp; Directly below her seat is a cornucopia. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Group 5 (Posthumous) - DIVA AVG&nbsp; - SABINA </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Although Mattingly does not discuss it there is a surprising amount of variety among the busts of her posthumous issues.&nbsp; Not all of these are veiled, but the bulk of them are.&nbsp; The most characteristic look is shown here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]854704[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The veil covers her back braid, giving the appearance of an appendage behind her.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse features a horned altar with four panels in front on a door.&nbsp; This is surrounded on three sides by the inscription PIE - TATI&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the three main classes of denarii, Mattingly also provides a listing of hybrids of questionable origin.&nbsp; This next coin is one of those:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]854710[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The INDVLGENT I A&nbsp;&nbsp; AVG PP reverse is normally used with coins of Hadrian, and bears the characteristic COS III in the exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s plenty more where that came from, but it deserves a thread of its own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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