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Denarius - Salonia Matidia CONSECRATIO
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 119 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA (Translation: The divine and venerable [Salonia] Matidia.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Matidia the Elder — niece of Trajan and mother-in-law of Hadrian — died in late 119 AD, and Hadrian responded with conspicuous public mourning: he delivered her funeral oration personally and pushed through her consecration by the Senate. This coin is a direct product of that political gesture. Hadrian's deification of Matidia served to reinforce his own dynastic legitimacy at a moment when his succession from Trajan remained quietly contested.
RIC II 751 is a reasonably scarce type within the consecration series for Matidia.