v21_2482 - TRAJANUS Didrachme
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 115-117
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait inhabituel pour ce type. Exemplaire bien centré avec une usure régulière sur un flan légèrement ovale. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’ensemble de l’exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste héroïque, lauré de Trajan à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOKR KAIS [NER TR]AIANOS SEB GERM DAK (Autokratoros Kaisaros Neruaos Traianos Sebastos Germanikos Dasikos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique).
Reverse
Reverse description : Le Mont Argée vu de face.
Reverse legend : DHMAR-C E[X] UPATO s, (Dhmarcikhs Exousias Upato S)
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la sixième fois).
Commentary
Ce type de buste bien particulier, appelé héroïque, n’est pas représenté dans le trésor cappadocien. Ce type de buste est souvent confondu avec le buste normal drapé sur l’épaule gauche, mais doit en fait être distingué car il est souvent représentatif du monnayage de la fin du règne de Trajan entre 115 et 117.
This very particular type of bust, called heroic, is not represented in the Cappadocian treasure. This type of bust is often confused with the normal bust draped over the left shoulder, but should in fact be distinguished because it is often representative of the coinage of the end of Trajan's reign between 115 and 117
This very particular type of bust, called heroic, is not represented in the Cappadocian treasure. This type of bust is often confused with the normal bust draped over the left shoulder, but should in fact be distinguished because it is often representative of the coinage of the end of Trajan's reign between 115 and 117
Historical background
TRAJANUS
(27/10/97-8/08/117)
Augustus
Trajan was born on September 18, 53 in Italica, near Seville in Spain, like his pupil Hadrian. He belongs to a family of settlers settled in Spain. After a brilliant military career under the Flavians, he was consul in 91 and legate of Germania Superior when he was adopted by Nerva in 97 to succeed him. After the death of the latter, he becomes august. His reign will be devoted to numerous military campaigns against the Germans on the Rhine limes, which earned him the title of Germanicus. Then, he led two Dacian wars against Decebalus which ended with the annexation of Dacia. Trajan prepares a campaign against the Parthians, the turbulent and powerful neighbors to the east. He left Rome for the East and established his headquarters in Antioch before invading the Parthian kingdom. He will go as far as Ctesiphon (Seleucia on the Tigris). When he died on August 8, 117, the Empire was at its peak and experienced its greatest territorial expansion..
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