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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.73 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck winter AD 114-early 116. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on daïs, addressing a group of soldiers who hold three signa; two officers standing at Trajan’s side; at base of daïs, an officer stands right. RIC II 658; Woytek 549v; Banti 80. Attractive green patina, minor weakness. VF.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 997.
Trajan extended the Empire's borders to their greatest limit. After two major campaigns (AD 101-103 and 105-106), he incorporated Dacia as a Roman province. In AD 114, in consequence of the installation of a Parthian puppet on the throne of Armenia, Trajan annexed the area as another Roman province and then extended operations into Mesopotamia. The reverse of this coin depicts Trajan's acclamation by the troops as imperator for the ninth time, which occurred with the fall of the city of Singara in AD 115 during the campaigns on the eastern frontier.
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