Matidia Augusta Niece of Trajan Very Rare AE Sestertius Roman Empire 112-117 AD Copper Coin with Oxidized Green Patina Museum Reproduction CBRS0004

Description

Matidia the daughter of Marciana and niece of Trajan; she was the mother of Sabina, who became the wife of Hadrian. She was declared Augusta along with Plotina, by a decree of the Senate about 113. Possessing all the virtues of her mother, she equally received with her the honors of the apotheosis, under the reign of Hadrian, some say of Antoninus Pius. The coins of Matidia, like those of Plotina and Marciana, are in each metal of the highest degree of rarity, especially the sestertius. On these she is styled MATIDIA AVG F – MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE Filia – also DIVA MATIDIA SOCRVS.

DESIGN:
Obverse side
Bust of Matidia, draped, right; hair coiled, jeweled and decorated with comb and aigret
Legend:
MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F

Reverse side
Matidia as Pietas standing, head right, holding hands with Sabina & Matidia Minor
Legend:
PIETAS AVGVST, S-C in ex

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