Aureus of Trajan
Aureus Issued by Trajan
- Description:
- Obverse: Bust of Trajan. Reverse: Three Kings Standing before Seated Trajan with Two Attendants
- Medium:
- Gold
- Dimensions:
- Diam. 1.9 cm
- Context:
- Minted in Rome
- Date:
- 114–16 CE
- Inventory Number:
- BNC IV Trajan 818
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The obverse legend, in Latin, reads:
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC
Translation: The Emperor Caesar Nero Trajan Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
The reverse legend, in Latin, reads:
REGNA ADSIGNATA
Translation: Kingdoms assigned.
This coin type, an aureus of the Roman emperor Trajan, is cataloged in Online Coins of the Roman Empire as RIC II Trajan 366.