v21_2481 - TRAJANUS Tridrachme
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tridrachme
Date: 112-114
Mint name / Town : Bostra, Arabie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Type architectural très intéressant. Joli revers. Une épaisse patine grise recouvre l’ensemble de la pièce
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES VIII, 16 juin 2000, n° 206
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Trajan à droite, drapée sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOK KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEB GE[RM DAK], (Autokratoros Kaisaros Neruaos Traianos Sebastos Germanikos Dasikos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple distyle de Diane de Pergé posé sur trois marches avec un fronton triangulaire orné d'un aigle debout de face, tournant la tête à droite ; au centre du temple un autel sur lequel repose la statue cultuelle de Diane de Pergé.
Reverse legend : DHMARC [EX] UPATO S (Dhmarcikhs Exousias Upatos S)
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la sixième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour W. E. Metcalf, ce type a été frappé entre le 1er janvier 112 et le mois d’août 114 dans l’atelier de Bostra, capitale de la nouvelle province d’Arabie.
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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