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Aureus - Hadrian and Trajan DIVO TRAIANO PART AVG PATRI
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 117 |
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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 | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the deified Trajan facing right, depicted posthumously with a similar serpent or caduceus staff visible behind the bust in the left field, echoing the obverse composition. The portrait is rendered with characteristic Trajanic physiognomy, including a strong brow and close-cropped hair beneath the laurel wreath. The surrounding Latin legend DIVO TRAIANO PART AVG PATRI encircles the field within a beaded border, honoring Trajan as divus and Parthicus. This reverse type was struck by Hadrian as a posthumous tribute to his adoptive father and predecessor, legitimizing his own succession. The pairing of the two imperial busts on a single aureus is an exceptionally rare and historically significant commemorative device. |
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| Reverse lettering | DIVO TRAIANO PART AVG PATRI (Translation: To the divine Trajan, conqueror of the Parthians, father of the emperor.) |
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