Denarius of Sabina Augustus, "CONCORDIA"
Sabina
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
128-137, perhaps 138
Silver
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 3/4 in. (18.4 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
2001.8.34005
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bust of Sabina Augusta, facing right, wearing diadem, with drapery over the shoulder. Border of dots. Legend: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AV[G](usti) P(ater) P(atriae) (Sabina Augusta, wife of Hadrian Augustus, Father of his Country) clockwise from seven o’clock. Reverse: Concordia on a throne, facing left, wearing dress and diadem, holding a patera in her right hand and scepter in her left. A cornucopia lies beneath the throne. Border of dots. Legend: CONCORDIA AVG(usti) (the Concordia of Augustus) clockwise from eight o’clock.
Course History
CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012
LAT 3.01, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2020
LAT 3.02, Intermediate Latin, Simone Oppen, Winter 2020
LAT 3.03, Intermediate Latin, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2020
LAT 3.04, Intermediate Latin, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2020
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2022
LAT 2.02, Introductory Latin II, Bryce Walker, Winter 2022
LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2022
LAT 2.03, Introductory Latin II, Simone Oppen, Winter 2022
LAT 2.02, Introductory Latin II, Bryce Walker, Winter 2022
LAT 2.03, Introductory Latin II, Simone Oppen, Winter 2022
LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2022
LAT 2.01, Introductory Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2022
Latin 2.03, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023
Latin 2.04, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2023
Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023
Latin 2.02, Latin II, Florencia Foxley, Winter 2023
Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Winter 2023
Latin 2.04, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2023
Latin 2.02, Latin II, Florencia Foxley, Winter 2023
Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Spring 2023
Latin 2.01, Latin II, Maria Gaki, Spring 2023
Latin 2.02, Latin II, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
From Art to Artifact: Making Sense of Roman Coins, Roman Numismatics Senior Seminar, Spring 2009, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June13, 2009.
Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Yale University Collection-Sharing Initiative, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 5-June 24, 2012.
Publication History
IMPERIUM ROMANUM IN NUMMIS, The Roman Empire in and on Its Coinage, a booklet with entries created by Dartmouth students and Professor Roberta Stewart, Spring 2012, no. 18, Clare Hornig, Class of 2013.
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 2001.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Hadrian nos. 905-906
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