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Aureus - Trajan COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 103-111 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing laureate bust of Emperor Trajan, depicted draped and cuirassed, rendered in high relief with fine engraving characteristic of Trajanic imperial coinage. The emperor's portrait shows strong, idealized facial features with a short laurel wreath crown, the paludamentum draped over the left shoulder and the cuirass visible at the truncation. The surrounding Latin legend runs clockwise from the lower left along the border of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field contains a four-line Latin inscription — COS V PP / SPQR / OPTIMO / PRINC — boldly engraved within a large, finely detailed oak wreath (corona civica) tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The wreath, composed of acorns and oak leaves, frames the entire legend and is itself enclosed by a beaded inner border, the whole composition occupying the full width of the flan in a stately and symmetrical arrangement. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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