Denarius - Trajan COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC; Pax

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Trajan (98-117)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	103-111
Value	Denarius (1)
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253014
References	RIC II# 126, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian (AD 96 –138). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.2.tr.126 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right.

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

Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch up in right hand and resting left arm on column.

Script: Latin

Lettering: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC

Translation:
Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, Optimo Principi.
Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people. The best of princes.

Mint

Comments

Mass varies: 2.82–3.45 g;
Diameter varies: 18–20 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

See also

• Peace
• Mythology

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