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Empress Marciana, sister of Trajan, grandmother of Sabina, very rare R3! (JA2253)
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- Model: Consecratio eagle head left RIC 743
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Diva Marciana, died 112/4. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 2.75 g, 7 h), Rome. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA Diademed and draped bust of Diva Marciana to right. Rev. CONSECRATIO Eagle with spread wings standing left on scepter, his head turned to right. BMC 651. Cohen 4. RIC 743. Woytek 719. Crystallized, otherwise, 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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