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As - Trajan FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 101-103 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Fortuna depicted standing to the left in full figure, robed in a long stola, holding a ship's rudder downward in her right hand — emblematic of her role in guiding fate — and a cornucopiae (horn of plenty) in her left arm, symbolizing abundance and prosperity. The senatorial authority marks S C (Senatus Consulto) flank the figure in the lower field to either side. The reverse legend arcs across the upper field, and the overall composition is typical of the Trajanic aes coinage struck at Rome. |
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Trajan's Fortuna types in aes coinage cluster heavily around the years following his Dacian campaigns, when the flow of Dacian silver into Rome created genuine optimism about imperial finances. The FORTVNAE AVGVSTI legend frames that optimism in explicitly religious terms — the emperor's personal fortune as a divine, transferable quantity, not merely a political abstraction.
RIC II 441 is among the more frequently encountered Trajanic asses, suggesting consistent production across the relevant workshop sessions at Rome.