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Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side. 

Aureus of Hadrian struck for his wife Sabina, Rome

r. 117 - 136 CE

Sabina

Roman

Obv.: Bust of Sabina, draped, r., hair falling in plait down neck: it is waved at back and rises in crest over stephane above diadem Rev.: Concordia, seated on throne, holding patera in r. hand, resting elbow on a statuette of Spes on a low base; cornucopia under throne

Gold

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Coins