Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Trajan, AR Denarius, Rome, RIC II 219

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Trajan
Augustus, 851 - 870 A.U.C. 
(28th January 98 – 9th August 117 A.D.)
Coin: AR Denarius

Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Laureate bst facing to the right.
Reverse: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, A Dacian, seated upon a shield, mourning, with a Falx below.

Weight: 2.86 g
Diameter: 19 x 18 x 1.5 mm
Die axis: 200°
Mint: Rome, struck in 107 A.D.
Reference: RIC II 219

Both surfaces of the coin show abrasion by Plow Damage, the reverse more so.

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