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Sestertius with bust of Matidia, struck under Trajan

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 113–117
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 24.25 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.478
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Matidia to right.
MATIDIA.AVGDIVAE MARCIANAEF
Reverse: Matidia standing, her hands above two small children (Sabina and Matilda II), who raise their hands up to her.
PIETASAVGVST; in ex.: SC
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Boutin, Paris; May 16, 1951: purchased from Boutin by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 16, 1998