Trajan Denarius. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI P P, lauteate head right draped far shoulder / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Virtus standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium. RIC 289
Bojan, nice score, lordmarcovan is right, the dark toning frames the details well. Last year I sold a rare tetradrachm struck in Tyre, Phoenicia under Trajan's reign, pictured below. The coin has a very unusual composition of Trajan's bust above an eagle, & the club of Hercules in the right field on the obverse, & a portrait of Hercules on the reverse, 14.27 gm, Prieur #455A.
Very nice coin - tough to beat a nice TrajanDenarius. I buy a lot of 3rd and 4th century stuff, but Trajans ARs are my favorite individual coin. The OP is a nice one.
Nice coin @Bojan . He certainly like to claim so on his coins with his "OPTIMPO PRIC" In my opinion he also has some of the most interesting reverse types of any emperor. Here are some of my Trajans to add to the thread. Roman Empire Trajan (AD 98-117) AE Sestertius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 115-116 Dia.: 32 mm Wt.: 20.94 g Obv.: IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Trajan draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS at bottom FORT RED / S C Fortunate seated holding holding rudder and cornucopia Ref.: RIC II 652 Roman Empire Trajan (AD 98-117) AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 107-108 Dia.: 19.1 mm Wt.: 2.94 g Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P; Trajan laureate bust right, left shoulder draped Rev.: COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC; Danube, velificatio, reclining on rocks, right hand holding prow of a ship. Left arm resting on overflowing container of water. DANVVIVS in exergue. Ref.: RIC II 100, Scarce Write up: Trajan: the Best Emperor and the Mystery of the River God
TRAJAN RI Trajan CE 98-117 AR drachm Struck CE 114-116 Arabia Petraea Bostra - Camel SNG ANS 1158 He was a large shareholder in the RJ Reynolds Tobacco COmpany
Here are a few: Ruler: Trajan (Augustus) Coin: Silver Denarius AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANW APICTW CEB ΓEPM ΔAK - Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. ΔHMAPX EΞ [VΠATO S] - Camel to left. Mint: Bostra (AD 98-117) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.10g / 19mm / - References: SNG ANS 1058 Ruler: Trajan (Augustus) Coin: Silver Denarius IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC - Laureate and draped bust right. P M TR P CO-S VI P P S P Q R - Trajan's column, standing on a square base with two eagles, surmounted by a statue of the emperor. A garland and bas-reliefs on the base. Mint: Rome (116 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.47g / 21mm / - References: Sear RCV (2002) 3151 RIC II 356 Ruler: Trajan Coin: Bronze As IMPCAESNERVAETRAIANOAVG GERDACPMTRPCOSVPP - Laureate bust right SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPI - Single-span bridge over river Mint: Rome (103-110 A.D.) Wt./Size/Axis: 9.93g / 26mm / - References: RIC 569, As Cohen 543
TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right REVERSE: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, trophy of arms mounted on stump Struck at Rome, 107 AD 2.68g 19mm RIC 147
Trajan, AD 98-117 Roman AR denarius; 2.92 gm, 20.1 mm, 7 h Rome, AD 114-117 Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy
