Alexandria: Sabina (approx. 118-136 AD) [ AL_1264 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild der Sabina nach rechts, drapiert, die Haare wellig hochgesteckt | Sabina sitzt in Chiton und Peplos auf Thron ohne Lehne nach links; hält in der Rechten zwei Ähren, mit der Linken langes Szepter; im Feld oben links L ΙΕ |
| Depicted Person |
Sabina (approx. 118-136 AD)
(
Augusta
)
|
Sabina (approx. 118-136 AD)
(
Augusta
)
|
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front, bare-headed)
Ruler (female) (in portrait, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
|
Ruler (female) (seated on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
Sceptre (held)
Throne (underlying)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΣΑΒΙΝΑ - ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ | ΣΑΒΕΙΝΑ - ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ |
| Legend (plain) | ΣΑΒΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ | ΣΑΒΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ |
| Title (Latin) |
Sabina Augusta
|
Sabina Augusta
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper field
:
L ΙΕ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5773 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
917 Taf. 2
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
561
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. II (Hadrian – Antoninus Pius Nr. 741-1994), Opladen 1978.
No.
1264
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
395
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1309
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
61
|
|
| Commentary | im Feld oben links L ΙΕ | |
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
95/103
|
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