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Denarius - Trajan COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 103-111 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, depicted with a draped and cuirassed shoulder, rendered in the confident high-relief style characteristic of the Rome Mint under Trajan. The emperor's effigy displays a finely modelled laureate wreath with prominent leaf detail. The encircling Latin legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan, identifying the emperor with his full suite of imperial titles. The flan is slightly irregular in outline, as is typical of hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Trajan standing right in a triumphal quadriga, holding a branch in his right hand and an eagle-tipped sceptre in his left, riding in a decoratively rendered four-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses advancing left across the field. The scene commemorates a triumphal procession and is executed in fine relief with careful attention to the horses' musculature and the chariot's spoked wheel. The encircling legend in the upper field reads COS V P P S P Q R, with OPTIMO PRINC completing the titulature in the lower field. The reverse type celebrates Trajan's fifth consulship and his acclamation as Optimus Princeps by the Senate and Roman people. |
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