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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Trajan| > RY96780
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Struck in Rome for use in Syria
|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.,| |Struck| |in| |Rome| |for| |use| |in| |Syria|, In 115, Trajan was in Antioch for his war against Parthia, when the city was struck by an earthquake. He was forced to take shelter in the circus for several days. In 116 A.D., Trajan made Syria a Roman province. The orichalcum coinage of 116 A.D., which included this coin, was struck in Rome and shipped to Antioch. Trajan and then Hadrian funded restoration of the city.
RY96780. Bronze chalkous, Woytek 939v (11 spec.), McAlee 526 (rare), RPC III 3681, BMCRE III 1075, Strack 496, gVF, thick earthen deposits, Rome mint, weight 0.748g, maximum diameter 11.9mm, die axis 225o, c. 116 A.D.; obverse laureate and draped bust right; reverse large S•C in wreath; a little gem; rare; SOLD











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