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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3922997, member: 75937"]I was the high bidder at auction this morning on this denarius of Sabina. The die-engraver was very skilled. Post anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034148[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sabina, AD 117-137.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.29 g, 20 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 128-134.</p><p>Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, left.</p><p>Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 401b; BMCRE 909 note; RSC 37a; RCV --; Strack 370; CRE 56.</p><p>Notes: Ex Emporium Hamburg, Auction 72, lot 499, November 13, 2014; hammer 250 Euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not the rarity that Temeryazev and Makarenko would lead one to believe, but it is scarce and available only a few times a year at auction. The coin with the left-facing bust comes in several minor varieties. The bust may depict the empress with a diadem (as mine), or wearing a wreath of corn ears (as BMCRE 909 and CRE 57). Here's the <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210895&partId=1&searchText=Sabina+909&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210895&partId=1&searchText=Sabina+909&page=1" rel="nofollow">British Museum specimen</a>, but which has a wreath of corn-ears instead of a diadem:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other variations which are poorly attested in the literature. The obverse inscription may lack P P (RIC 403a, Cohen 44). Mattingly (note 909, p. 355) reports minor variations in the reverse figure, such as with a spear instead of a scepter, or an open right hand instead of a patera. The existence of these obverse inscription and reverse variants is questionable, and I suspect they represent mischaracterization of coins with unclear legends or devices. Here's the note on 909 in BMCRE, p. 355:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034150[/ATTACH]</p><p>My coin is a double-die match to <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1156864" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1156864" rel="nofollow">this example</a> sold at Rauch Auction 89, lot 1571, December 5, 2011:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034160[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It's also a double-die match to <a href="https://numid.ku.de/object?id=ID82" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numid.ku.de/object?id=ID82" rel="nofollow">this specimen</a> at the coin collection of the Professorship for Ancient History at the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3922997, member: 75937"]I was the high bidder at auction this morning on this denarius of Sabina. The die-engraver was very skilled. Post anything you feel is relevant! [ATTACH=full]1034148[/ATTACH] Sabina, AD 117-137. Roman AR denarius, 3.29 g, 20 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 128-134. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, left. Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter. Refs: RIC 401b; BMCRE 909 note; RSC 37a; RCV --; Strack 370; CRE 56. Notes: Ex Emporium Hamburg, Auction 72, lot 499, November 13, 2014; hammer 250 Euro. It's not the rarity that Temeryazev and Makarenko would lead one to believe, but it is scarce and available only a few times a year at auction. The coin with the left-facing bust comes in several minor varieties. The bust may depict the empress with a diadem (as mine), or wearing a wreath of corn ears (as BMCRE 909 and CRE 57). Here's the [URL='https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210895&partId=1&searchText=Sabina+909&page=1']British Museum specimen[/URL], but which has a wreath of corn-ears instead of a diadem: [ATTACH=full]1034149[/ATTACH] There are other variations which are poorly attested in the literature. The obverse inscription may lack P P (RIC 403a, Cohen 44). Mattingly (note 909, p. 355) reports minor variations in the reverse figure, such as with a spear instead of a scepter, or an open right hand instead of a patera. The existence of these obverse inscription and reverse variants is questionable, and I suspect they represent mischaracterization of coins with unclear legends or devices. Here's the note on 909 in BMCRE, p. 355: [ATTACH=full]1034150[/ATTACH] My coin is a double-die match to [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1156864']this example[/URL] sold at Rauch Auction 89, lot 1571, December 5, 2011: [ATTACH=full]1034160[/ATTACH] It's also a double-die match to [URL='https://numid.ku.de/object?id=ID82']this specimen[/URL] at the coin collection of the Professorship for Ancient History at the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt.[/QUOTE]
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