Sestertius - Trajan ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE S C, Armenia, Tigris, and Euphrates

€253,615.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year114-117
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
Weight24.2 g
Dimensions33.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#642, OCRE#ric.2.tr.642
Obverse descriptionBust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
(Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Optimo, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best 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.)
Reverse descriptionTrajan, laureate, in military dress, standing front, head right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground reclining figures of Armenia, Tigris and Euphrates.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE S C
(Translation: Armenia Et Mesopotamia In Potestatem Populi Romani Redactae. Armenia and Mesopotamia taken back into the power of the Roman people.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (114-117)  - -
Catalog ID6635279440
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