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Trajan Mars Coin Type: Silver denarius of Trajan, 98-117 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 116-117 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.1g
Obverse: Laureate bust right looking upwards, bare chest, aegis with gorgoneion on left shoulder.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GERM DAC
Reverse: Mars advancing right, holding spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder.
PARTHICO PM TR P COS VI P P SPQR
Ref: BM 318; RSC-190a; RIC 331 var.
BW Ref: 004 026 039
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