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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 5486021, member: 51347"]I believe Trajan liked As, also:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239387[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p><b>Æ As</b>, 26mm, 11.0g, 6h; Rome mint.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P; Laureate and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS; Victory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; S-C</p><p>Reference: RIC 675.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: “Parthian interference in Armenia prompted Trajan to declare war against their king, Osroes I, in AD 114. He quickly re-established Roman control of Armenia, forced the submission of Osrhoene, and in AD 116 took Mesopotamia by defeating Osroes I. Rather than pursuing the Parthians into Iran, Trajan set up a pro-Roman Parthian "buffer state" in Mesopotamia under a puppet-king appointed by Trajan, Parthamaspates. This Victory type is one of many from this period of Trajan’s coinage that commemorates these exploits in the East.” -CNG</p><p><b>SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS</b>, frequently abbreviated on other Roman coinage as <b>SPQR</b>, means <b>“The Senate and People of Rome.” </b>Look at this page at acsearch, and you’ll see that the Victory-Left types with SPQR on shield are quite common. This coin is the Victory-Right with SPQR fully spelled out - very scarce. </p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 5486021, member: 51347"]I believe Trajan liked As, also: [ATTACH=full]1239387[/ATTACH] Trajan, AD 98-117. [B]Æ As[/B], 26mm, 11.0g, 6h; Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P; Laureate and draped bust right. Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS; Victory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; S-C Reference: RIC 675. Comments: “Parthian interference in Armenia prompted Trajan to declare war against their king, Osroes I, in AD 114. He quickly re-established Roman control of Armenia, forced the submission of Osrhoene, and in AD 116 took Mesopotamia by defeating Osroes I. Rather than pursuing the Parthians into Iran, Trajan set up a pro-Roman Parthian "buffer state" in Mesopotamia under a puppet-king appointed by Trajan, Parthamaspates. This Victory type is one of many from this period of Trajan’s coinage that commemorates these exploits in the East.” -CNG [B]SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS[/B], frequently abbreviated on other Roman coinage as [B]SPQR[/B], means [B]“The Senate and People of Rome.” [/B]Look at this page at acsearch, and you’ll see that the Victory-Left types with SPQR on shield are quite common. This coin is the Victory-Right with SPQR fully spelled out - very scarce. Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/QUOTE]
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