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Hadrian's Rome

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This is a colour photograph showing two sides of a silver coin against a black background. The obverse is on the left and the reverse on the right.

The obverse shows the head and shoulders of a woman facing left. The folds of her garments drape around her neck. She has a prominent nose. Her hair is swept up in an elaborate coil and she is wearing a diadem. There is an inscription either side of her. To the left is SABINA and to the right is AVGVSTA. An arc of raised dots runs around the coin. It is worn in places.

The reverse shows a standing female figure facing left. In her right hand she is holding a shallow dish out in front of her. In her left is a double cornucopia.

There is an inscription either side of her. It reads CONCORDIA AVG. A short arc of raised dots runs around the edge of the coin to the right.

 3 Death, divinity and the emperor