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AR16 - Trajan ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ
| Issuer | Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 100 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, with an aegis visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the crisp provincial Greek style. The effigy displays the emperor's characteristic strong features with short hair beneath the laurel wreath. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field, read from lower left continuing around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cyrenaica's provincial coinage under Trajan occupies an awkward administrative moment — the province had been paired with Crete since Augustus reorganized the eastern territories, yet local mint output remained sparse and irregular. A silver piece of this weight sits comfortably within the hemidrachm range, consistent with the fractional denominations produced to meet small-transaction demand in a province whose economy leaned heavily on silphium export, though that trade was already in steep decline by the time Trajan's third consulship provided the tribunician titulature used here to date the issue precisely to 100 AD.