Aureus - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Abundantia

€253,060.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year103-111
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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Reference(s) RIC II#165 (aureus), OCRE#ric.2.tr.165_aureus
Obverse descriptionBust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right (sometimes with aegis) (sometimes draped and cuirassed).
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
(Translation: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.)
Reverse descriptionAbundantia, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears downwards in right hand over modius with corn-ears, left, and cornucopiae in left hand; to right, prow of ship.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringS P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI
(Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes.)
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MintageND (103-111)  - -
Catalog ID7838181620
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