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Aureus - Trajan P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R PROVID; Providentia

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 114-117
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#
253296
References RIC II# 365 (aureus)
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.365_aureus
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthico,.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, conqueror of the Parthians.

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing with right hand at large globe to left, and holding vertical sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R PROVID

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, Providentia.
High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation, The senate and the Roman people, foresight.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (114-117) 

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