112-114 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, As, RIC 600 var.
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Trajan, Rome mint, 112-114 AD.,
As (ø 28-30 mm / 9,02 g), probably copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , his laureate, daped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from back.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / S - C , Trajan's column (the famous Columna Traiani on Traian´s forum), showing spiral relief, base decorated with garlands and two eagles, surmounted by statue of the emperor.
RIC II, p. 286, no. 600 var. (bust type: slight drapery) (type otherwise common) ; BMC 1004 var. (bust type: drapery); Coh. 562 var. (same) .
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: COLVMNA·TRAIANI) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.
The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble[a] drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 m.
Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day. Filippo Coarelli, a noted Italian archaeologist, explains that: When it was built, the column stood between two libraries, which perhaps held the soldier-emperor's account of the Roman-Dacian Wars. Working under the supervision of a maestro, Coarelli says, sculptors followed a plan to create a sky-scraping version of Trajan's scroll on 17 drums of the finest Carrara marble.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column
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![112-114 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, As, RIC 600 var.
Trajan, Rome mint, 112-114 AD.,
As (ø 28-30 mm / 9,02 g), probably copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , his laureate, daped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from back.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / S - C , Trajan's column (the famous Columna Traiani on Traian´s forum), showing spiral relief, base decorated with garlands and two eagles, surmounted by statue of the emperor.
RIC II, p. 286, no. 600 var. (bust type: slight drapery) (type otherwise common) ; BMC 1004 var. (bust type: drapery); Coh. 562 var. (same) .
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: COLVMNA·TRAIANI) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.
The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble[a] drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 m.
Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day. Filippo Coarelli, a noted Italian archaeologist, explains that: When it was built, the column stood between two libraries, which perhaps held the soldier-emperor's account of the Roman-Dacian Wars. Working under the supervision of a maestro, Coarelli says, sculptors followed a plan to create a sky-scraping version of Trajan's scroll on 17 drums of the finest Carrara marble.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column
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112-114 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, As, RIC 600 var.
Trajan, Rome mint, 112-114 AD.,
As (ø 28-30 mm / 9,02 g), probably copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , his laureate, daped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from back.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / S - C , Trajan's column (the famous Columna Traiani on Traian´s forum), showing spiral relief, base decorated with garlands and two eagles, surmounted by statue of the emperor.
RIC II, p. 286, no. 600 var. (bust type: slight drapery) (type otherwise common) ; BMC 1004 var. (bust type: drapery); Coh. 562 var. (same) .
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: COLVMNA·TRAIANI) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.
The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble[a] drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 m.
Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day. Filippo Coarelli, a noted Italian archaeologist, explains that: When it was built, the column stood between two libraries, which perhaps held the soldier-emperor's account of the Roman-Dacian Wars. Working under the supervision of a maestro, Coarelli says, sculptors followed a plan to create a sky-scraping version of Trajan's scroll on 17 drums of the finest Carrara marble.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column
Schlüsselwörter: Trajan Rome As column Columna Traiani relief base garland eagle statue emperor")