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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Trajan| > RS70317
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.|,
On 8 or 9 August 117, Trajan, age 63, died at Selinus, Cilicia while en route from Mesopotamia to Italy. On his death bed, he adopted Hadrian as his successor. The Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent at the time of Trajan's death. Hadrian soon abandoned indefensible parts of Mesopotamia to the Parthians.Rome's greatest extent 117 A.D.
RS70317. Silver denarius, RIC II 337, RSC II 270, BMCRE III 536, BnF IV, Woytek 520v, Strack 230, VF, centered, uneven toning, Rome mint, weight 3.293g, maximum diameter 20.1mm, die axis 225o, 114 - 117 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right, helmeted, nude but for sword and cloak billowing behind on belt around waist, transverse spear in right hand, trophy over shoulder in left; ex Triton XVII, part of lot 1600; SOLD











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