Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, circa AD 107. Restored anonymous Roman republican issue. Head of Roma right, wearing winged and crested helmet; X behind, ROMA below / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, helmeted figure of Roma seated right on two shields, holding spear; before, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; in fields, two prows. RIC 771; BMCRE 673; RSC 5; for prototype, Crawford 287/1. 2.85g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private UK collection.
The occasion for this 'restitution' series issued under Trajan may have been the melting down of old coinage as mentioned in Cassius Dio (67.15), for Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC II, P. 303) proposed that "since the Romans regarded their coins with a certain amount of reverence as products of the Sacra Moneta it is not unnatural to conclude that they valued them also as historical monuments. The dominating trait in the character of Trajan was a desire to emphasise and expand the glory of Rome. It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that this was his motive for issuing the Restored Coins; and, by thus placing together a series of types illustrative of the development of Rome, Trajan may not ineptly be regarded as one of the first to recognize Numismatics as an aid to History."
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private UK collection.
The occasion for this 'restitution' series issued under Trajan may have been the melting down of old coinage as mentioned in Cassius Dio (67.15), for Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC II, P. 303) proposed that "since the Romans regarded their coins with a certain amount of reverence as products of the Sacra Moneta it is not unnatural to conclude that they valued them also as historical monuments. The dominating trait in the character of Trajan was a desire to emphasise and expand the glory of Rome. It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that this was his motive for issuing the Restored Coins; and, by thus placing together a series of types illustrative of the development of Rome, Trajan may not ineptly be regarded as one of the first to recognize Numismatics as an aid to History."