Aureus - Plotina AVG GER DAC PARTHICI P M TR P COS VI P P, Vesta

Plotina, wife of Trajan, was granted the title Augusta only in 105 AD — notably late, and reportedly at her own request to refuse it initially on grounds of modesty, a story preserved by Cassius Dio. Her coins are far scarcer than those of Trajan himself, as imperial consort issues were struck in smaller volume and on more restricted occasions. The titulature here, incorporating Dacicus and Parthicus alongside Trajan's tribunician and consular counts, allows for fairly tight dating within the reign but does not narrow to a single year with certainty.