v41_0519 - TRAJANUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 29)
Date: 99
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,62 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré. Très beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe, peu ressemblant. Revers un peu bouché avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Trajan à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus”, (l’empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste, germanique grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT - COS II P P// SC.
Reverse description : Abundantia (l'Abondance) ou Justicia (la Justice) drapée, assise à gauche sur un siège formé de deux cornes d'abondance, tenant un sceptre de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois Père de la Patrie).
Commentary
Poids très lourd pour un dupondius. Ruban de type 3. Portrait particulier, légèrement stylisé. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente qui semble en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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