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Trajan (AD 98-117). AR denarius (19mm, 3.34 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 114-117. IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / COS VI P P S P Q R, Jupiter (on right), nude, standing facing, head left, thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left, Trajan (on left) standing facing, head left, below protection of thunderbolt, branch upward in right hand, parazonium in left. RIC II 298. Struck on bright satiny flan.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3042 Long Beach (21 September 2015), lot 32247
During the Eastern campaign of AD 114-117, Trajan barely escaped death in Antioch when a severe earthquake collapsed the building where he was in residence, forcing him to escape through a window. According to Cassius Dio, Trajan was rescued "by some being, of greater than human stature, who came to him and led him forth, so he escaped with only a few slight injuries." The figure was later taken to be a god, perhaps Jupiter himself in quasi-mortal guise. This denarius, which shows a giant figure of Jupiter shielding the emperor, likely refers to this episode.
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Trajan (AD 98-117). AR denarius (19mm, 3.34 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 114-117. IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / COS VI P P S P Q R, Jupiter (on right), nude, standing facing, head left, thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left, Trajan (on left) standing facing, head left, below protection of thunderbolt, branch upward in right hand, parazonium in left. RIC II 298. Struck on bright satiny flan.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3042 Long Beach (21 September 2015), lot 32247
During the Eastern campaign of AD 114-117, Trajan barely escaped death in Antioch when a severe earthquake collapsed the building where he was in residence, forcing him to escape through a window. According to Cassius Dio, Trajan was rescued "by some being, of greater than human stature, who came to him and led him forth, so he escaped with only a few slight injuries." The figure was later taken to be a god, perhaps Jupiter himself in quasi-mortal guise. This denarius, which shows a giant figure of Jupiter shielding the emperor, likely refers to this episode.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-trajan-ad-98-117-ar-denarius-19mm-334-gm-7h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3099-31346.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
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