Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction XLVIII 2 Dec 2017
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Trajan with Marciana (died 112 AD). AE 24 mm. Anazarbus mint, Cilicia. Dated CY 132 (113-114 AD). Obv. AVT KAI NEP TPAIANOC CE ΓEP ΔA. Laureate head of Trajan right. on right shoulder, countermark (head of Zeus right) within oval incuse. Rev. KAICAPEΩN ANAZAP-MAPKIANHN. Draped bust of Marciana right, wearing elaborate coiffure; in field, ET-BΛP. SNG von Aulock 5476. SNG France 2022. SNG Levante 1382. AE. g. 11.35 RR. An outstanding example of this rare issue. Superb portraits. Pleasant brown patina with reddish overtones. About EF.
There is very little in the historical record of Ulpia Marciana, Trajan's sister. Unlike many other imperial relatives during the Empire, she is reputed to have been of very high character. During Trajan's reign, Marciana lived as a widow, and did not take another husband. She was a close friend of Trajan's wife, Plotina, and both jointly accepted the title of Augusta in 105 AD (which they had both rejected in 98 AD). The date of her death is debatable, and although some scholars believe she died in the year she was hailed Augusta, her death is commonly placed in 112 or 114 AD.
(Triton XVIII, 1078 note).
Provenance:
Lanz 149, lot 395.
There is very little in the historical record of Ulpia Marciana, Trajan's sister. Unlike many other imperial relatives during the Empire, she is reputed to have been of very high character. During Trajan's reign, Marciana lived as a widow, and did not take another husband. She was a close friend of Trajan's wife, Plotina, and both jointly accepted the title of Augusta in 105 AD (which they had both rejected in 98 AD). The date of her death is debatable, and although some scholars believe she died in the year she was hailed Augusta, her death is commonly placed in 112 or 114 AD.
(Triton XVIII, 1078 note).
Provenance:
Lanz 149, lot 395.