Aureus - Trajan REX PARTHVS

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	114
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253231
References	RIC II# 312 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.tr.312 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P

Translation:
Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Trajan seated left on platform, along with prefect and five soldiers, three are carrying standards.

Script: Latin

Lettering: REX PARTHVS

Translation:
Rex Parthus.
King of Parthia.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (114)

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