v34_0490 - TRAJANUS Tridrachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
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Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
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Type : Tridrachme
Date: 112-114
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 700 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale et irrégulier et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de joli style. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Recouvert d’une fine patine dorée superficielle
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Trajan à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUTOK KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEB GERM DAK (Autokrator Kaisar Nerua Traianos Sebastos Germanikos Dasikos)
Obverse translation : (l’empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique).
Reverse
Reverse description : Trois enseignes : aigle légionnaire “aquila” au centre ; à gauche, enseigne “signa” surmontée d'une couronne ; à droite, enseigne “signa” surmontée d'une main.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX UPATO S (Dhmarsikos Exousias Upatos S)
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne consul pour la sixième fois).
Commentary
Pour W. E. Metcalf, ce type a été frappé entre le 1er janvier 112 et le mois d’août 114 dans l’atelier de Bostra, capitale de la nouvelle province d’Arabie. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
According to W.E. Metcalf, this type was struck between January 1, 112, and August 114, in the mint of Bostra, capital of the new province of Arabia. It seems rarer than general works suggest.
According to W.E. Metcalf, this type was struck between January 1, 112, and August 114, in the mint of Bostra, capital of the new province of Arabia. It seems rarer than general 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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