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Cistophorus - Trajan COM ASIA, Fortuna

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 98-117
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest.)
Reverse description Trajan, clad in military dress, stands facing left and is crowned by Fortuna, who holds a cornucopiae, symbolising abundance and divine favour bestowed upon the emperor. The scene is set within a distyle temple, the frieze of which bears the inscription ROM ET AVG, referencing the imperial cult of Rome and Augustus as honoured throughout the province of Asia. The architectural framing of the reverse type is characteristic of cistophoric coinage struck for the Commune Asiae, underscoring the coin's role as a product of the Asian provincial monetary system.
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