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Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.35 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 108-110. IMP TRAINO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter. RIC II 123 corrected (not listed as cuirassed). BMCRE 312. Calicó 1001a (S5). A pleasing aureus, defect-free and possessing an attractive light reddish tone.
The personification Libertas, embodying freedom from slavery and tyranny, was employed as a coin type by many Roman emperors, some of whom proved to be tyrants nonetheless. Trajan's 19-year reign inaugurated nearly a century of even-handed and relatively tolerant government in which the concept of Libertas was thought to be upheld, even if it proved in the end to be ephemeral, if not illusory.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.35 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 108-110. IMP TRAINO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter. RIC II 123 corrected (not listed as cuirassed). BMCRE 312. Calicó 1001a (S5). A pleasing aureus, defect-free and possessing an attractive light reddish tone.
The personification Libertas, embodying freedom from slavery and tyranny, was employed as a coin type by many Roman emperors, some of whom proved to be tyrants nonetheless. Trajan's 19-year reign inaugurated nearly a century of even-handed and relatively tolerant government in which the concept of Libertas was thought to be upheld, even if it proved in the end to be ephemeral, if not illusory.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD