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Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Emperor seated to left on platform with prefect standing behind, presenting King Parthamaspates, standing to left, to Parthia kneeling to right before him; S•C in exergue. RIC II 667; C.328; Woytek 594v-2; BMCRE 1046. 25.40g, 35mm, 6h.
Very Fine; light cleaning marks to fields.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Having subjugated the Parthians and dethroned their king Osroes I, Trajan imposed a new puppet-ruler, the conquered ruler's son, Parthamaspates. We see here the personification of Parthia kneeling before the Emperor, and Trajan, who is seated on a suggestum and attended by the commander of the Praetorian guards, presenting Parthamaspates.
Very Fine; light cleaning marks to fields.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Having subjugated the Parthians and dethroned their king Osroes I, Trajan imposed a new puppet-ruler, the conquered ruler's son, Parthamaspates. We see here the personification of Parthia kneeling before the Emperor, and Trajan, who is seated on a suggestum and attended by the commander of the Praetorian guards, presenting Parthamaspates.