Live auction - bpv_715174 - TRAJANUS Didrachme
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:00:09 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Didrachme
Date: 100
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,89 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau buste inhabituel de Trajan. Revers de style fin et de haut relief. Belle patine gris métallique avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Trajan à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOKR KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEB GERM (Autokrator Kaisar Nerua Traianos Sebastos Germanikos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique dacique).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, une palme sur l’épaule ; dans le champ à gauche, une massue posée verticalement.
Reverse legend : DHMARC/ EX - UPAT G (Dhmarcikhs Exousias Upatos G)
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Ce type, attribué par Michel Prieur à Tyr est aussi parfois attribué à l’atelier d’Antioche, en particulier par Richard McAlee. Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de M&K Prieur, p. 164.
Historical background
TRAJANUS
(27/10/97-8/08/117)
Augustus
Trajan was born on September 18, 53 in Italica, near Seville in Spain, like his pupil Hadrian. He belongs to a family of settlers settled in Spain. After a brilliant military career under the Flavians, he was consul in 91 and legate of Germania Superior when he was adopted by Nerva in 97 to succeed him. After the death of the latter, he becomes august. His reign will be devoted to numerous military campaigns against the Germans on the Rhine limes, which earned him the title of Germanicus. Then, he led two Dacian wars against Decebalus which ended with the annexation of Dacia. Trajan prepares a campaign against the Parthians, the turbulent and powerful neighbors to the east. He left Rome for the East and established his headquarters in Antioch before invading the Parthian kingdom. He will go as far as Ctesiphon (Seleucia on the Tigris). When he died on August 8, 117, the Empire was at its peak and experienced its greatest territorial expansion..
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