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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 8214786, member: 51347&quot;]<b>Trajan CLEARLY had SPQR spelled out on this coin:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441834[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Æ As, 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: <b><span style="color: #b30000">SENATVS POPVLVS QVE ROMANVS</span></b>; 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>“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 &quot;buffer state&quot; 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><br /></p><p>SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, frequently abbreviated on other Roman coinage as SPQR, means “The Senate and People of Rome.”&nbsp; the Victory-Left types with SPQR on shield are quite common. My coin is the Victory-Right with SPQR fully spelled out - very scarce.</p><p><b>EX: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] ... and it is his attribution and write-up. (Thanks to you John)</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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