Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Sestertius (ø 33-34 mm / 23,79 g), brass ("orichalcum"), axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 200°), flan crack at two o’clock on obverse,
Obv.: IM[P CAES NER TRAIANO OPTI]MO AVG GER DAC P M [TR P COS VI] P P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C , (="Armenia and Mesopotamia placed under the control of the Roman people"), Trajan standing r., holding spear and parazonium; on ground, seated figure of Armenia flanked by the reclining personifications of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, each resting against an overturned amphora. The latter two represent Mesopotamia.
RIC II, p. 289, no. 642 (R) ; BMC 1035 ; Coh. 39 ; CBN 915 ; Woytek 590v .
Trajan’s Parthian campaign of 114-116 was a great success as a military venture, but it failed to have many lasting effects. Perhaps the only important results were the annexation of Nabataea, which became the province of Arabia, and the realization by Trajan’s successors that the borders of the empire should not be extended needlessly. The reverse presents a multi-dimensional scene that in every respect appears to be derived from of a monumental sculptural group. Though the group apparently has not survived, we might suspect it was erected in Rome.
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![114-117 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 642.
Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Sestertius (ø 33-34 mm / 23,79 g), brass ("orichalcum"), axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 200°), flan crack at two o’clock on obverse,
Obv.: IM[P CAES NER TRAIANO OPTI]MO AVG GER DAC P M [TR P COS VI] P P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C , (="Armenia and Mesopotamia placed under the control of the Roman people"), Trajan standing r., holding spear and parazonium; on ground, seated figure of Armenia flanked by the reclining personifications of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, each resting against an overturned amphora. The latter two represent Mesopotamia.
RIC II, p. 289, no. 642 (R) ; BMC 1035 ; Coh. 39 ; CBN 915 ; Woytek 590v .
Trajan’s Parthian campaign of 114-116 was a great success as a military venture, but it failed to have many lasting effects. Perhaps the only important results were the annexation of Nabataea, which became the province of Arabia, and the realization by Trajan’s successors that the borders of the empire should not be extended needlessly. The reverse presents a multi-dimensional scene that in every respect appears to be derived from of a monumental sculptural group. Though the group apparently has not survived, we might suspect it was erected in Rome.
Schlüsselwörter: Trajan Rome Sestertius flan crack spear parazonium figure Armenia personifications Rivers Tigris Euphrates amphora Mesopotamia](images/image.gif?id=1191242276519 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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114-117 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 642.
Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Sestertius (ø 33-34 mm / 23,79 g), brass (\"orichalcum\"), axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 200°), flan crack at two o’clock on obverse,
Obv.: IM[P CAES NER TRAIANO OPTI]MO AVG GER DAC P M [TR P COS VI] P P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C , (=\"Armenia and Mesopotamia placed under the control of the Roman people\"), Trajan standing r., holding spear and parazonium; on ground, seated figure of Armenia flanked by the reclining personifications of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, each resting against an overturned amphora. The latter two represent Mesopotamia.
RIC II, p. 289, no. 642 (R) ; BMC 1035 ; Coh. 39 ; CBN 915 ; Woytek 590v .
Trajan’s Parthian campaign of 114-116 was a great success as a military venture, but it failed to have many lasting effects. Perhaps the only important results were the annexation of Nabataea, which became the province of Arabia, and the realization by Trajan’s successors that the borders of the empire should not be extended needlessly. The reverse presents a multi-dimensional scene that in every respect appears to be derived from of a monumental sculptural group. Though the group apparently has not survived, we might suspect it was erected in Rome.
Schlüsselwörter: Trajan Rome Sestertius flan crack spear parazonium figure Armenia personifications Rivers Tigris Euphrates amphora Mesopotamia")