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Aureus - Trajan
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 117-118 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the deified Emperor Trajan facing right, the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder, rendered in high relief with fine engraving typical of early Hadrianic workshop practice. The portrait conveys the posthumous idealisation of Trajan as divus, with the laurel wreath denoting divine and imperial honours. The surrounding legend is disposed in a continuous arc around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The mythological phoenix, rendered as a long-legged bird standing in right profile, depicted with a radiate solar nimbus encircling its head, evoking themes of eternity, apotheosis, and imperial renewal. The bird stands upon a laurel branch, its plumage rendered in fine hammered relief against a plain field. The motif alludes to the consecratio of Trajan and the perpetuity of Roman imperial power under Hadrian, who issued this type to honour his deified predecessor. No legend is present on the reverse, the image alone carrying its symbolic weight. |
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