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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Trajan| > RS76317
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.|, Spes was the Roman personification of Hope. In art, Spes is normally depicted carrying flowers or a cornucopia, but on coins she is almost invariably depicted holding a flower in her extended right hand, while the left is raising a fold of her dress. She was also named "ultima dea" - for Hope is the last resort of men.
RS76317. Silver denarius, Woytek 266b, RSC II 84, BMCRE III 319, BnF IV 272, Hunter II 102, RIC II 127, Strack I 151, SRCV II 3127, aEF, mint luster, well centered, small edge cracks, tiny lamination defect on reverse, slight porosity, Rome mint, weight 3.426g, maximum diameter 18.6mm, 103 - 111 A.D.; obverse IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes walking left, flower in right hand, raising fold of chiton with left; SOLD











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