Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction XLVIII 2 Dec 2017
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Plotina, wife of Trajan (died 129 AD). AE 22 mm. Tabae mint, Caria. Obv. ΠΛΩTЄINA CЄBACTH. Draped bust right. Rev. TABHNΩN. Stag standing right. SNG von Aulock 2720. AE. g. 3.58 RR. Very rare and very seldom offered. In excellent condition for the issue. Dark green patina. Minor areas of flatness and traces of overstriking on obverse, otherwise good VF.
Pompeia Plotina, born at Nemausus in about 70, married Trajan before he became emperor. She did not receive recognition on the coinage until 112, the year of family evocation for the emperor, Traianus Maior, Nerva, Marciana, and Matidia. Childless, she was admired for the simplicity, dignity, fidelity, and virtue that she mixed with her beauty. Although she refused the title Augusta in 100, she finally accepted it in 105. Plotina was present at the death of Trajan in Cilicia in 117 and facilitated the adoption of Hadrian as his successor. Hadrian, in turn, honored her on coins in 117-118, and consecrated her upon her death in 121.
(CNG Historical article 176).
Provenance:
Dr. Busso Peus 410, lot 687.
Pompeia Plotina, born at Nemausus in about 70, married Trajan before he became emperor. She did not receive recognition on the coinage until 112, the year of family evocation for the emperor, Traianus Maior, Nerva, Marciana, and Matidia. Childless, she was admired for the simplicity, dignity, fidelity, and virtue that she mixed with her beauty. Although she refused the title Augusta in 100, she finally accepted it in 105. Plotina was present at the death of Trajan in Cilicia in 117 and facilitated the adoption of Hadrian as his successor. Hadrian, in turn, honored her on coins in 117-118, and consecrated her upon her death in 121.
(CNG Historical article 176).
Provenance:
Dr. Busso Peus 410, lot 687.