Sabina, wife of Hadrian. Aureus circa 130-133, AV 19 mm, 7.29 g. SABINA AVGVSTA – HADRIANI AVG P P Draped bust l., hair in stephane and in long tail at back. Rev. CONCOR – DIA AVG Concordia seated l., holding patera in extended r. hand and resting l. elbow on statue of Spes; below the throne, cornucopia. C 13. BMC Hadrian 901. RIC Hadrian 2499. Calicó 1430 (this coin). Biaggi 676 (this coin). Very rare. A magnificent portrait of excellent style well struck in high relief, good extremely fineGraded Ch AU*, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5 - fine style, NGC photo certificate number 2183882-002 Ex Leu 25, 1980, 306; Leu 48, 1989, 352; Sotheby’s 5 July 1995, 126; NAC 24, 2002, European Nobleman, 84; NAC 46, 2008, 572 and MDC 18, 2026, 225 sales. From the Leo Biaggi de Blasys collection. While Sabina’s mother, Matidia, may have been quite fond of Hadrian, the same cannot be said of his wife Sabina. Their marriage in 100 essentially guaranteed Hadrian as successor to Trajan, but it did not bring with it domestic bliss. Hadrian was a flagrant adulterer, both with married women and handsome youths such as his favourite companion, the Bithynian youth Antinoüs. Hadrian, however, would not tolerate such behaviour from his wife; in 121 or 122 he dismissed his praetorian prefect Septicius Clarus and the historian Suetonius, both court officials with whom Sabina had developed close relationships. After an unpleasant thirty-six year marriage, Sabina died in 136 or 137. It was widely rumoured that her husband, knowing that his death was not far off, either poisoned her or forced her to commit suicide. Please find here the video of the coin