v29_0175 - TRAJANUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 107
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 12,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Beau portrait inhabituel. Revers intéressant. Patine vert noir, champ légèrement gratté. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P .
Obverse description : Buste radié de Trajan à droite, avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche (O2).
Obverse translation : "Imperatori Cæsari Nervæ Traiano Augusti Germanico Dacico Pontifici Maximo Tribuniciæ Potestate Consuli quinto Patri Patriæ", (À l'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la cinquième fois père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S P Q R OPTIMO - PRINCIPI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Trophée dace formé de boucliers ovales et ronds, de casques, d'une tunique et de hastes transversales.
Reverse translation : "Senatus Populus Que Romanus Optimo Principi", (Le Sénat et le Peuple romain au meilleur des Princes).
Commentary
Sur notre exemplaire, il n’y a pas d’égide, mais simplement un très léger drapé qui suit les contours de l’épaule comme sur l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMC. n° 906).
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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