Trajan - with Plotian and Marciana (N2301)
Trajan - rare dynastic issue with his sister Marciana (MA2503)
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Empress Marciana denarius, sister of Trajan, grandmother of Sabina, very rare R3! (AP2050)
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- Model: Consecratio eagle head left denarius
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Marciana. Silver Denarius (2,9 g, 20 mm), Augusta, ca. AD 105-112/4. Rome, under Trajan, AD 114. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust of Marciana right, hair in elaborately coifed row curls above brow and bound into tight bun high at back of head. Reverse CONSECRATIO, eagle, with wings displayed, head leftt. RIC 745; R3= very rare Fine
Marciana was Trajan's elder sister, and from all accounts they were very close. After her husband died in AD 78, she and her daughter, Matidia, lived with Trajan and his wife, Plotina. She never remarried and continued to live with Trajan and Plotina until she died, probably in AD 112 or 114
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