Portraits of Sabina

 

Portrait of Sabina from Ostia, c. AD 117-118, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Portrait of Sabina dated to c. 128 AD, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

 

Bust of Sabina found on the Via Appia, 134-136 AD, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome
Idealised and rejuvenated portrait of empress Sabina (wife of Hadrian) with hairstyle inspired by the imagery of the goddess Diana, c. 130 AD, Museo del Prado, Madrid

 

Portrait of Sabina, probably from Asia Minor (Turkey), ca. 130 AD, Altes Museum, Berlin
Portrait of Sabina found near near Vittorio Emanuele II, 136-138 A.D., Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome

 

Statue of Sabina from Perga, Antalya Museum
Sabina as Ceres, Parian marble, from the Palaestra of the Baths of Neptune, 2nd century AD, Ostia Antica, Italy

 

Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy
128-138 AD, Musei Capitolini, Rome

 

Statue of Empress Sabina, found alongside that of her husband Hadrian in the Roman theatre, Vaison-la-Romaine
Sabina as Venus Genetrix, Ostia Antica, Italy

 

Portrait of Vibia Sabina (?) with a Flavian hairstyle, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Marble head of Vibia Sabina with a Flavian hairstyle, 2nd century AD, Museo archeologico di Fiesole, Italy

 

Portrait of Sabina (as Artemis?), wife of Hadrian, AD 130-140, from Rome, Musei Capitolini, Rome
Relief frieze of the Parthian monument depicting the empress Sabina, deified wife of Hadrian, represented as a goddess, Ephesos Museum Vienna, Austria

 

Burnt head of Sabina found in the harbor of Toulon (France), c. 120 AD, Louvre Museum
Bust of Sabina found at the Villa Chiragan, 128-137 AD, MSR, Musée Saint-Raymond, Musée des Antiques de Toulouse

 

Portrait of empress Vibia Sabina found in Italica, Seville Archaeological Museum.
Portrait of Vibia Sabina, found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
Relief from the Arc of Portugal (Arco di Portogallo) representing the apotheosis of Sabina. AD 137-138: Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museums.

Recommended book:

Sabina Augusta – An Imperial Journey by T. Corey Brennan, Oxford; New York:  Oxford University Press, 2018.

This book concentrates on the representation of Sabina, not only in the literary sources, but also in the epigraphic, numismatic, and artistic material.

  • First full-length treatment of Sabina in English
  • Offers a comprehensive treatment of Sabina’s coinage (Roman and provincial), using many newly-published (and some unpublished) items
  • Traces Sabina’s legacy in history up to the early modern and modern periods

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