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Bronze As - Æ 26 mm - 9 grams - - Die axis 12:00 - RIC 616(c). |
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IM[P CAESA]R TRAI[AN HAD]RIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus).
Laureate bust of chin-bearded emperor, toga’d, facing right. |
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PM [TRP] COS III - SC (Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul III – Supreme Priest, Holder of the Tribunician Power, Consul for the 3rd Time). Pax, in Stola veiled or diademed, standing full front, facing left. Cornucopia in left arm. Right arm practically outstretched holding branch. At hip-left the S and at hip-right the C making SC (Senatus Consulto – By decree of the Senate).
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As any good emperor before and after him the Imperator was trying to promote the Pax Romana
the people were experiencing then at the time. At this moment in time he was a politician
that could be believed. In the 2nd and 3rd century 'of anarchy' many an emperor was
still flogging the Pax-horse ... Minted in Rome.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good. |
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