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Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
| The trophy on the reverse is similar to a trophy depicted on Trajan's Column. Trajan's Column, located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum, was dedicated on 12 May 113. The freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101 - 102 and 105 - 106). The relief includes about 2,500 figures and winds 23 times around the shaft for a total length of about 200 meters. The height of the relief increases towards the top of the Column (0.89 m to 1.25 m) with a corresponding increase in the heights of individual figures from c. 60 cm to 80 cm in height. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day. |  |
RS111389. Silver denarius, Woytek 268bC-3, RIC II 147b, BMCRE III 358, BnF IV 284, RSC II 100, Hunter II 119, Strack I 140, SRCV II 3132 (rev. details vary), VF, well centered, toned, scratches, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.101g, maximum diameter 18.7mm, die axis 180o, 103 - 112 A.D.; obverse IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, trophy of captured arms made up of: helmet, tunic, chlamys, curved sword and round shield on left arm, curved sword and two oblong hexagonal shields on right arm, all on palm stump; at base: round shield and two spears on left, oblong hexagonal shield and curved sword on right; SOLD
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