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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
TRAJAN
, AD 98-117. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
IMP. TRAIANO AVG. GER. DAC. (P)TR. P. COS. VI P. P. His laureated head to the right.
Reverse:
S.P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Spes walking left holding a flower and raising slightly the drapery of her dress.
Reference:
RIC 279; Cohen 458.
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
.