v29_0173 - TRAJANUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 29)
Date: 101
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,55 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large ovale et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait avec une minuscule concrétion verte sur le cou. Revers de haut relief et de joli style. Magnifique patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M II (SIC !).
Obverse description : Tête radiée 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 POT - COS IIII P P// S C.
Reverse description : Abundantia (l'Abondance) drapée, assise à gauche sur un siège formé de deux cornes d'abondance, tenant un sceptre de la main droite, le coude gauche appuyé sur son siège.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul quartum Pater Patriæ”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Portrait étonnant, assez inhabituel pour Trajan. Le II après P M est énigmatique et semble inexplicable. Il faut semble-t-il bien le rattacher à la titulature plutôt qu’à une égide ou un pan de paludamentum du buste. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
A surprising portrait, quite unusual for Trajan. The 2nd century AD is enigmatic and seems inexplicable. It seems to be linked to the title rather than to an aegis or a section of paludamentum on the bust. It seems completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works
A surprising portrait, quite unusual for Trajan. The 2nd century AD is enigmatic and seems inexplicable. It seems to be linked to the title rather than to an aegis or a section of paludamentum on the bust. It seems completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works
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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