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Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on platform, presenting Parthamaspates to kneeling Parthian; attendant standing behind emperor. RIC II 667; Woytek 594v-2; Banti 96. 31.13g, 35mm, 6h.
Very Fine, flan crack 12h, attractive patina.
Towards the close of his reign and having conquered the Parthians and dethroned their king Chosroes, Trajan imposed a new sovereign upon them, a scene which is commemorated on the reverse of the present coin. We see here the personification of Parthia kneeling before the emperor, and Trajan, who is seated on a suggestum and attended by the commander of the Praetorian guards, presenting Parthamaspates whom he points to with his hand. This event is attested by legend REX PARTHIS DATVS - 'A King given to the Parthians' - and must have been in the highest degree flattering to Roman pride and ambition.
Very Fine, flan crack 12h, attractive patina.
Towards the close of his reign and having conquered the Parthians and dethroned their king Chosroes, Trajan imposed a new sovereign upon them, a scene which is commemorated on the reverse of the present coin. We see here the personification of Parthia kneeling before the emperor, and Trajan, who is seated on a suggestum and attended by the commander of the Praetorian guards, presenting Parthamaspates whom he points to with his hand. This event is attested by legend REX PARTHIS DATVS - 'A King given to the Parthians' - and must have been in the highest degree flattering to Roman pride and ambition.