Aureus - Trajan COS VI P P S P Q R; Jupiter
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
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|---|---|
| Emperor |
Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 114-117 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.3 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 253213 |
| References | RIC II# 298 (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
Unabridged legend: Imperator Traiano Optimo Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate.
Translation: Supreme commander, of Trajan, the best emperor, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power.
Reverse
Jupiter, naked except for cloak over right and left arms, holding thunderbolt over Trajan in right hand and straight sceptre in left; Trajan, togate, stands left and holds up sceptre in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: COS VI P P S P Q R
Unabridged legend: Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus.
Translation: Consul for the sixth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
RIC does not mention the cuirass, but the coin cited is cuirassed.
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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