Aureus - Trajan COS VI P P S P Q R, Fortuna

€253,218.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year114-117
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#302, OCRE#ric.2.tr.302
Obverse descriptionBust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
(Translation: Imperator Traiano Optimo Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate. Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, the best emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power.)
Reverse descriptionFortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringCOS VI P P S P Q R
(Translation: Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus. Consul for the sixth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people.)
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Mint
MintageND (114-117)  - -
Catalog ID5616737110
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