v24_0322 - TRAJANUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
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Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 98
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33, mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 24,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Trajan à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus", (L’empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR P COS II - [P P]// SC.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) assise à gauche, tenant un rameau de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum”, (Puissance Tribunitienne Consul pour la seconde fois).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le portrait de Trajan ressemble encore à celui de Nerva à qui il vient de succéder. Cette première émission doit être datée du premier trimestre de l’année à un moment où Trajan n’est pas à Rome. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence.
On this example, the portrait of Trajan still resembles that of Nerva, whom he had just succeeded. This first issue must be dated to the first quarter of the year, at a time when Trajan was not in Rome. This type seems much rarer than the reference works suggest.
On this example, the portrait of Trajan still resembles that of Nerva, whom he had just succeeded. This first issue must be dated to the first quarter of the year, at a time when Trajan was not in Rome. This type seems much rarer than the reference works suggest.
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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