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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7830650, member: 99456&quot;] <ul> <li>Vibia Sabina, the daughter of L. Vibius and Matidia</li> <li>Matidia was the daughter of Marciana, Trajan&#039;s sister</li> <li>So Sabina was Trajan&#039;s grand-niece<br /> </li> <li>Plotina was Trajan&#039;s wife and probably ~10 years older than Sabina</li> <li>Lucius Licinius Sura was a Roman Senator from Spain and 2 time consul, who was friends with Trajan</li> </ul><p>&quot;Finally, through the good offices of Sura, [Hadrian] was instantly restored to a friendship with Trajan that was closer than ever, and — a marriage advocated by Plotina, but, according to Marius Maximus, little desired by Trajan himself.&quot;</p><p>- Historia Augusta, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Hadrian/1*.html#2.10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Hadrian/1*.html#2.10" rel="nofollow">Hadrian 2.10</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1345463[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Imperial, Sabina, Augusta</b>, AD 128-136/7, AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck under Hadrian, circa AD 130-133</p><p><b>Obv:</b> SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP, draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair falling in plait down neck</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera with her extended right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes on low cippus; cornucopia below throne</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2500-2502#subtypes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2500-2502#subtypes" rel="nofollow">RIC III 2502</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next:</b> another empress[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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