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Aureus - Trajan P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R VOTA SVSCEPTA, Genius
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 114-117 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Two standing figures face each other across a low altar or cista placed at the centre of the composition. The left figure, draped and wearing a turreted or radiate crown, holds a patera over the altar in a sacrificial gesture; the right figure, semi-draped with attributes consistent with a Genius or divine personification, holds a cornucopiae and extends a patera toward the altar. The scene depicts the formal taking of vows (vota suscepta) on behalf of the emperor and the Roman state. The legend is divided, with P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R arching around the upper field and VOTA SVSCEPTA inscribed in the lower exergual area, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R VOTA SVSCEPTA (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, VOTA SVSCEPTA High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation, The senate and the Roman people, VOTA SVSCEPTA) |
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Struck in the final years of Trajan's reign, these aurei coincide with the Parthian campaign — the most ambitious Roman military undertaking since Augustus, pushing the empire to its greatest territorial extent. The VOTA SVSCEPTA legend records vows formally undertaken, likely connected to the decennial vows renewed in 114 as Trajan prepared to cross into the east. He would never return; he died at Selinus in Cilicia in August 117 before reaching Rome.