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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7699092, member: 87809&quot;]Just a question. I&#039;m trying to find the translation of </p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P</p><p><br /></p><p>according to cgb: &quot;Imperatori Cæsari Nervæ Traiano Augusti Germanico Dacico Pontifici Maximo Tribuniciæ Potestate Consuli quinto Patri Patriæ&quot; (À l&#039;empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la cinquième fois père de la patrie)</p><p>(<a href="https://www.cgbfr.com/trajan-as-tb-,brm_546257,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cgbfr.com/trajan-as-tb-,brm_546257,a.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cgbfr.com/trajan-as-tb-,brm_546257,a.html</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>and according to Numista:</p><p><br /></p><p>Translation:</p><p>Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae.</p><p>Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, of Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t see anywhere in the legend on the obverse a mention of &quot;conqueror of&quot; I rather think that it means Imperator .... of Germania and Dacia. Obviously my Latin is very poor. Can someone explain?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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