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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8214637, member: 110350&quot;]Sure. It&#039;s on a lot of Trajan&#039;s coins (and later the coins of other emperors) after he was given the title Optimo Principi, as part of the legend S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, meaning &quot;From the Senate and People of Rome to the best of Princes.&quot; (See <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=SPQR%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=SPQR%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI</a>.) See also <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=S%20P%20Q%20R%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=S%20P%20Q%20R%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;S. P. Q. R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI.-- On coins</p><p>of&nbsp; Trajan,&nbsp; Hadrian,&nbsp; Antoninus Pius,&nbsp; Sept.</p><p>Severus,&nbsp; Gallienus,&nbsp; Maximinus Daza,&nbsp; Alexand.</p><p>Tyran [?]. Licinius pater, and Constantinus Magnus.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of Trajan&#039;s that I have:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Denarius, 106 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P / Rev. Captive Dacian in peaked cap with wide brim, seated right on shield in mournful attitude with left elbow on raised left knee, and face resting in left hand; below, curved Dacian sword (falx) right; SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. RIC II 219 (<a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219</a>); RSC II 529; Sear RCV II 3168 (obv. var.); BMCRE 175 (<a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584</a>). 17 mm., 3.02 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441741[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Denarius, AD 107 [Sear RCV II], Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P / Rev. Danuvius (the Danube), naked to waist, reclining with left elbow on rocks amidst reeds, looking right, cloak billowing out in circle behind head, right hand resting on ship behind him with prow in shape of bird’s head (swan?), COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC; in exergue, DANVVIVS. RIC II Trajan 100, RSC II 136 (ill. p. 88), Sear RCV II 3138 (ill. p. 102), BMCRE III 395. 19 mm., 3.05 g. <i>Purchased from Silbury Coins, UK, Jan. 2022</i>.*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441742[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*According to Foss at p. 100 [Clive Foss, <i>Roman Historical Coi</i>ns (Seaby, London, 1990)], this coin (Foss, Trajan No. 22), together with two other types (RIC II 542-544 and RIC 556-569), commemorate the preparations for the second Dacian war in AD 106, including “crossing into Dacia by a bridge and with the aid of the god of the Danube who helped to overcome Dacia.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Denarius, AD 107-108, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P / Emperor standing in triumphal quadriga to right (decorated with image of Trajan standing left erecting trophy to right), holding branch with right hand extended and eagle-tipped scepter with left hand, COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC. RIC II 139 corr. (bust type); BMCRE III Trajan 349 at p. 78; RSC II 94; Sear RCV II 3131. <i>Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 93, Lot 974</i>. 19 mm., 3.03 g., 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441743[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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