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 PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R PRO VID, Providentia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 114-117 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Denarius |
| 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 | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Trajan's Parthian campaign, launched in 114 AD, was the most ambitious Roman military offensive since Augustus — pushing the empire's eastern boundary to the Persian Gulf and creating three new provinces: Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria. These gains proved ungovernable almost immediately. Jewish revolts across the eastern provinces in 115–117 and a Parthian counteroffensive forced such rapid strategic retreat that Hadrian abandoned the new territories within months of taking power. The PARTHICO title in the legend places this coin squarely within that contested, ultimately short-lived moment of maximum imperial overreach.