Gold aureus of Hadrian, Rome, 126-138 A.D.
SABINA AVGVSTA IMP HADRIANI AVG P P; Draped bust r., hair coiled and piled on back of head behind metal tiara.
No legend; Vesta seated l., holding palladium in r. hand and sceptre in l.
RIC —; BMCRE 922 var.; Cohen 84 var.; Calicó 1423
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 34), 24.11.2006, lot 22
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