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Trajan (AD 98-117), with Divus Trajan Pater. AV aureus (19mm, 7.01 gm, 7h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 112-117. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / DIVVS•PATER•TRAIAN, bare headed, draped bust of the deified M. Ulpius Trajanus (Trajan the Elder) right, seen from front. RIC II 762 var. (obverse draped only). Calicó 1137a.
Trajan's biological father, Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, came from a well-to-do family in Italica in southern Spain and soon won a high reputation both in political and military affairs. During the Jewish War of 65-70, he commanded Legio X Fretensis and earned enough distinction to be named Consul by Vespasian in AD 70. He subsequently governed Syria in the mid-70s, repelling an invasion by the Parthians, and won a high proconsular post in Asia under Titus. His death date is unknown, but he likely survived long enough to see his son adopted by Nerva and raised to the purple in AD 98. In AD 112 the Senate ordered Trajan Senior deified, an event marked by the issuance of this extremely rare aureus. As Nerva had already been deified, Trajan had the unique distinction of claiming two gods as his fathers.
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD
Trajan (AD 98-117), with Divus Trajan Pater. AV aureus (19mm, 7.01 gm, 7h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 112-117. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / DIVVS•PATER•TRAIAN, bare headed, draped bust of the deified M. Ulpius Trajanus (Trajan the Elder) right, seen from front. RIC II 762 var. (obverse draped only). Calicó 1137a.
Trajan's biological father, Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, came from a well-to-do family in Italica in southern Spain and soon won a high reputation both in political and military affairs. During the Jewish War of 65-70, he commanded Legio X Fretensis and earned enough distinction to be named Consul by Vespasian in AD 70. He subsequently governed Syria in the mid-70s, repelling an invasion by the Parthians, and won a high proconsular post in Asia under Titus. His death date is unknown, but he likely survived long enough to see his son adopted by Nerva and raised to the purple in AD 98. In AD 112 the Senate ordered Trajan Senior deified, an event marked by the issuance of this extremely rare aureus. As Nerva had already been deified, Trajan had the unique distinction of claiming two gods as his fathers.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-trajan-ad-98-117-with-divus-trajan-pater-av-aureus-19mm-701-gm-7h-ngc-vf-5-5-4-5/a/3097-30084.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3097-01102022
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD