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Aureus - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Hercules
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 103-111 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Hercules, fully nude and depicted in heroic contrapposto, stands facing left at center of the field. In his extended right hand he holds a patera over a small flaming altar set at his feet to the left, performing an act of sacrifice. His left hand rests on his knotted club, which leans against his body, while a lion skin is draped over his left forearm. The composition evokes Trajan's identification with the divine hero and his virtue, as propagated by imperial ideology. The encircling legend S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI runs around the periphery in Latin capitals within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (103-111) |
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