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MATIDIA the daughter of Marciana and niece of Trajan; she was the mother of Sabina, who became the wife of Hadrian. She was declared Augusta along with Plotina, by a decree of the Senate about the year of Christ, 113; possessing all the virtues of her mother, she equally received with her the honours of the apotheosis, under the reign of Hadrian, some say of Antoninus Pius. The medals of Matidia, likethose of Plotina and Marciana, are in each metal of the highest degree of rarity, especially the first brass. On these she is styled MATIDIA AVG F - MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE Filia - also DIVA MATIDIA SOCRVS.
The annexed cut is from a denarius in the British Museum.
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