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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3541328, member: 75937&quot;]Without Plotina, there might not have been a Hadrian.</p><p><br /></p><p>HOWEVER, there&#039;s no rule that says you have to have her in sestertius form -- or even in an imperial issue. She appears on plenty of provincial coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly am in no position financially to have outbid you on this one; but I have a couple of Plotina coins, each acquired for &lt;&lt; $100.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941254[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta c. AD 105-122.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.0 mm, 5.43 g.</p><p>Caria, Tabae, AD 105-122.</p><p>Obv: ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, diademed and draped bust, right, hair in plait behind.</p><p>Rev: ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ, stag standing right.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2292/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2292/" rel="nofollow">RPC III 2292</a>; BMC Caria p. 170, no. 79; SNG von Aulock 2720; Robert 143.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941252[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan and Plotina, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman Æ triassarion, 19.72 g, 28.7 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Cilicia, Anazarbos, year 132 = AD 113-114.</p><p>Obv: AYTO KAI NЄP TPAIANOC CЄ ΓЄP ΔA, laureate head of Trajan, right.</p><p>Rev: KAICAPЄ ANAZAPBΩ ΠΛΩTЄINAN CЄ, diademed and draped bust of Plotina, right; in field, ЄT - BΛP (year 132).</p><p>Refs: SNG Levante 1384; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3369/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3369/" rel="nofollow">RPC 3369</a>; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/abbreviations/#ziegler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/abbreviations/#ziegler" rel="nofollow">Ziegler</a> 115-121.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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