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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
TRAJAN
, AD 98-117. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
IMP. TRAIANO AVG. GER. DAC. P. M. TR. P. His laureated head right.
Reverse:
COS.V P.P.S.P.Q.R.OPTIMO PRINCIPI, AET. AVG.either side of Aeternitas standing facing left holding and presenting the heads of the sun and of the moon.
Reference:
RIC 91; Van Meter 8, Cohen 3.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Trajan
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Trajan see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.