Sabina - RPC III 1012.4

Fine+, brown patina

Roman Provincial, Sabina (b.83 – d.136 CE), Bronze, Ae27, Koinon of Bithynia, Bithynia mint

• Obverse: ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ / draped bust of Sabina facing right, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane
• Reverse [Κ]ΟΙ-ΝΟΝ [ΒΕΙ]ΘΥΝΙΑϹ/ temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; in pediment, wolf and twins
• Denomination:Ae27
• Metal: Bronze
• Mint: Bithynia  (128 – 137 CE)
• Rarity: Very Rare (only 4 specimens listed in RPC)
• Weight/Size/Axis:  11.96 g / 26.7 mm / 180

Reference: 

• RPC III 1012.4 (this coin)
• SNG Von Aulock 6917
• Recueil General p. 243, #55, Plate XXXVI 18

Provenance:

• Spartan Numismatics