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Aureus - Trajan and Marcus Ulpius Traianus DIVVS PATER TRAIANVS
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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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 emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair beneath the laurel wreath. The paludamentum is visible over the left shoulder, conveying imperial military authority. A beaded border frames the flan. The surrounding legend reads IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, distributed around the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Trajan issued this aureus to honor his biological father, Marcus Ulpius Traianus, granting him posthumous deification — a deliberate act of dynastic legitimization at the opening of his reign. The elder Traianus had served as governor of Syria and commanded legions in the Jewish War under Vespasian, dying before his son's accession. The consecration coinage piggybacked on the enormous prestige of that military record while simultaneously anchoring Trajan's own authority in blood rather than adoption alone.
RIC II 763 is among the less frequently encountered pieces of the consecration series.