The back has Vesta, goddess of the hearth and an important deity to the Roman empire, being worshiped by the Vestal Virgins, priestesses who were charged with spiritually upholding the safety of the empire by performing their duties. RIC-291 Trajan Horseback XF online 24/7 with Golden Eagle Coins. First time he was poisoned and the other by being strangled a wrestler named Narcissus,in the end he died by someone assassinating him. TRAJAN Denarius VF: 105.51 US + 10.55 US shipping. Hello all new to coin collecting, just bought my third coin. Commodus almost was killed twice by his mistess. He had a very long title, detailing his military conquests ( Germania, Dacia), and he was Consul 5 times by the time this coin was minted (the COS V on the back), so it should have been minted between 103-111 AD. Buy Roman Empire AR Denarius Trajan 112-114 A.D. Trajan died from a stroke after stopping a jewsish revolt in North Africa. The numista page I put in the pictures has some info. At the time this coin was minted (103-111 if I understand correctly from the legend), there would have still been people who remembered the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD! Trajan was the emperor under which the size of the empire reached its maximum. From there the purity slid gently until 148, when the emperor Antoninus Pius (138 to 161) removed about another 5, bringing the denarius to about 84 or 83 pure. Ancient Coins: A Denarius of Trajan Classical Numismatics 12.9K subscribers Subscribe 2. It's a denarius of Trajan, a famous emperor who ruled from 98-117. Then, in 107 the emperor Trajan (98 to 117) reduced the purity of the denarius by a further 3 or 4 percent, bring it down to c.89 to 90 silver. It's also the second oldest coin in my collection as of right now! At least 1,910 years old!
This is my first ancient silver coin, and my fourth ancient coin in my collection overall! (It would be fifth, but I gave one away as a birthday present to a friend).
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