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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Trajan| > RS85758
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.|, In 113, Osroes I of Parthia violated the treaty with Rome by installing a puppet ruler in Armenia. The 60-year-old emperor, Trajan, sailed from Rome to begin his expedition against Parthia. When arrived in Athens, Parthian envoys greeted him with olive branches to signal peace. Trajan declared Armenia annexed as a Roman province.
RS85758. Silver denarius, Woytek 422v, BMCRE III 424, Hunter II 141, BnF IV 668, RIC II 271, RSC II 404b, Strack I 186, SRCV II -, VF, well centered on a tight flan, corrosion/porosity, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.144g, maximum diameter 19.0mm, die axis 180o, spring 113 - summer 114 A.D.; obverse IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right; reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Felicitas (happiness) standing slightly left, head left, caduceus (symbol of peace) in right hand, cornucopia (symbol of abundance) in left hand; SOLD











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