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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Trajan, Sestertius, Rome, 116, laureate and draped bust right, imp caes ner traiano optimo avg ger dac parthico p m tr p cos vi p p, rev. rex parthis datvs, Trajan seated left on chair raised on dais, prefect behind; in front, Parthamaspates is presented to kneeling figure of Parthia, s c in exergue, 26.25g (RIC 667; C 328; Sear 3191). Well-struck and of good style, good very fine, dark brown patina, rare £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 121.
In 115-16, at the very zenith of the Empire's extent, Trajan's armies conquered most of Parthia. At first the plan was to annex the kingdom and turn it in to another province; however, Trajan ultimately decided to set up a client king who would rule the territory on behalf of Rome. This was Parthamaspates, son of the defeated King Osroes. However this arrangement was short-lived. Following the withdrawal of the Roman army, Osroes easily defeated his son and regained his throne. Parthamaspates fled back to Rome and, as consolation, the Romans made him co-ruler of Osroene, a small Roman client state between Asia Minor and Syria
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Trajan, Sestertius, Rome, 116, laureate and draped bust right, imp caes ner traiano optimo avg ger dac parthico p m tr p cos vi p p, rev. rex parthis datvs, Trajan seated left on chair raised on dais, prefect behind; in front, Parthamaspates is presented to kneeling figure of Parthia, s c in exergue, 26.25g (RIC 667; C 328; Sear 3191). Well-struck and of good style, good very fine, dark brown patina, rare £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 121.
In 115-16, at the very zenith of the Empire's extent, Trajan's armies conquered most of Parthia. At first the plan was to annex the kingdom and turn it in to another province; however, Trajan ultimately decided to set up a client king who would rule the territory on behalf of Rome. This was Parthamaspates, son of the defeated King Osroes. However this arrangement was short-lived. Following the withdrawal of the Roman army, Osroes easily defeated his son and regained his throne. Parthamaspates fled back to Rome and, as consolation, the Romans made him co-ruler of Osroene, a small Roman client state between Asia Minor and Syria