Denarius - Trajan Replica COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC DAC CAP
Denarius - Trajan Replica COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC DAC CAP
€443,456.00
Location
Italy
Year
Type
Medals/Coin
replicas
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
2.55 g
Diameter
17.8 mm
Thickness
1.8 mm
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technique
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped on left shoulder).
Obverse lettering
IMP
TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P (Translation: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate. Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Dacian seated left on a pile of arms in an attitude of mourning; round him, left and right, various arms.
Reverse lettering
COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC DAC
CAP
R (Translation: Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, Optimo Principi, Dacia Capta. Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people. The best of princes. Conquest of Dacia.)