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Quadrans - Trajan S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 114-117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the bold portraiture style characteristic of Trajanic bronze coinage. The laurel wreath is clearly articulated, encircling the imperial effigy with individual leaves visible despite wear. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, running along the coin's rim. The flan is irregular in shape, typical of hammered quadrantes of this period, and the surface carries an even green patina consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P (Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.) |
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Trajan's quadrans issues of this period are among the last regular bronze quadrantes struck for general circulation in the Roman imperial series. By the reign of Hadrian, the denomination was effectively abandoned — a reflection of its diminishing purchasing power rather than any single administrative decree. These late Trajanic pieces thus occupy an unintentional finality in the history of Rome's smallest bronze coinage.