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ANA Signature Sale 3033 8 August 2014
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Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.24 gm, 7h). Rome, ca. AD 114-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, radiate and draped bust of Sol right. RIC 329. Calicó 1038. Woytek 572f3 (this coin). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.Ex Huntington Collection (HSA 30096).Marcus Ulpius Trajanus is widely hailed as one of the greatest of all Roman emperors. His 19-year reign was marked by military exploits that pushed the Roman Empire to its greatest extent, by judicious good government that extended a helping hand to the lowest classes of society, and by friendly relations with the Senate which healed the breach caused by Domitian's tyranny and set the tone for the next three reigns. Indeed, the perception of the second century AD as a second Roman Golden Age (after the reign of Augustus) owes a great deal to the personal qualities and foresight of Trajan himself. This stunning gold aureus, struck during Trajan's Parthian campaign in AD 116, depicts the emperor wearing the armor of a general. The reverse, depicting a fine bust Sol, celebrates the conquest of Parthia and infers that the "Eastern" god of the sun has plainly sided with the Romans in this conflict.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.24 gm, 7h). Rome, ca. AD 114-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, radiate and draped bust of Sol right. RIC 329. Calicó 1038. Woytek 572f3 (this coin). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.Ex Huntington Collection (HSA 30096).Marcus Ulpius Trajanus is widely hailed as one of the greatest of all Roman emperors. His 19-year reign was marked by military exploits that pushed the Roman Empire to its greatest extent, by judicious good government that extended a helping hand to the lowest classes of society, and by friendly relations with the Senate which healed the breach caused by Domitian's tyranny and set the tone for the next three reigns. Indeed, the perception of the second century AD as a second Roman Golden Age (after the reign of Augustus) owes a great deal to the personal qualities and foresight of Trajan himself. This stunning gold aureus, struck during Trajan's Parthian campaign in AD 116, depicts the emperor wearing the armor of a general. The reverse, depicting a fine bust Sol, celebrates the conquest of Parthia and infers that the "Eastern" god of the sun has plainly sided with the Romans in this conflict.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD