Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denarius - Trajan COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC VESTA, Vesta
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 103-111 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC VESTA (Translation: Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people. The best of princes. Vesta.) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Trajan's fifth consulship, held from 103 AD, anchored a prolonged series of issues bearing the COS V titulature that continued well past the Dacian wars. The OPTIMO PRINC epithet — "best ruler" — was formally voted to Trajan by the Senate around 114 AD, though it appears on coins throughout this broader window, making precise dating within the type genuinely difficult. Vesta's inclusion reflects the intense religious conservatism of Trajanic coinage policy, deliberately evoking traditional Roman piety at a moment when the empire's military ambitions were anything but conservative.