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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Trajan| > RY85366
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Struck at Rome for Use in Syria
|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.,| |Struck| |at| |Rome| |for| |Use| |in| |Syria|, In 115 A.D., while Trajan was in Antioch, during his war against Parthia, the city was convulsed by a huge earthquake. The emperor was forced to take shelter in the circus for several days. Trajan and his successor restored the city, but the population was reduced to less than 400,000 inhabitants and many sections of the city were abandoned.
RY85366. Bronze chalkous, half-quadrans, RPC online III 3682; McAlee 527; Woytek 939f; BMCRE III 1075A corr. (no cuirass), Choice VF, highlighting desert patina, Rome mint, weight 1.098g, maximum diameter 12.2mm, die axis 180o, 116 A.D.; obverse no legend, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse large S C in wreath; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 35, lot 470; very rare; SOLD











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