Aureus - Trajan COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC ARAB ADQVISIT; Arabia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 103-111 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 252981 |
| References | RIC II# 95 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Trajan, laureate, left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
Translation:
Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate.
Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power.
Reverse
Arabia standing front, head left, holding branch; camel at feet.
Script: Latin
Lettering: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC ARAB ADQVISIT
Translation:
Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, Optimo Principi, Arabiae Adquisit.
Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people. The best of princes, gained Arabia.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (103-111) | |||||||||||||||
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