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Aureus - Trajan P M TR P COS III P P, Hercules
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 100 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder. The effigy is rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and laurel wreath, characteristic of early Trajanic portraiture. The encircling legend runs clockwise around the obverse field, interrupted by the bust truncation at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Hercules, nude, standing facing on a low rectangular base or podium, his head turned slightly. He holds a downward-pointing club in his right hand and drapes the Nemean lion-skin over his extended left arm. The figure is rendered in a classical Hellenistic style, conveying strength and divine virtue. The reverse legend is distributed in the field around the figure. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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