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Dupondius - Trajan TR POT COS II S C, Abundantia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 98-99 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (98-99) |
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This issue falls within Trajan's first two years of rule, a period when the new emperor was carefully managing his public image following the death of Nerva. The orichalcum dupondius — visually distinguishable from the bronze as by its yellow alloy — was a Augustan-era monetary invention retained precisely because it allowed the state to signal denominations by color rather than size alone. Trajan's early mintage program leaned heavily on personifications of abundance and good fortune, a calculated messaging choice for an emperor still consolidating legitimacy after an adoptive succession.