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Trajan. Aureus. 116 AD. Rome. (Ric-II 324). (Woytek-560f). (Bmcre-603). Anv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. Rev.: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Parthia seated to right, head facing, in attitude of mourning, and Parthian seated to left in attitude of mourning; both below trophy, a torch in front of each of them; PARTHIA CAPTA in exergue. . 7,08 g.
Rare, with significant historical context. Lightly rubbed.
This aureus of Trajan commemorates his final great eastern campaign and conveys an unequivocal message of victory and imperial expansion following the conquest of Parthia and the capture of Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital.
The offensive originated in the installation of a Parthian client king in Armenia, a territory over which Roman and Parthian influence had long been contested. Trajan responded decisively: he deposed the ruler, annexed Armenia as a Roman province, and advanced into Mesopotamia, where he secured the submission of various peoples and temporarily consolidated Roman control.
These conquests, however, proved difficult to maintain. After Trajan’s death in AD 117, Hadrian abandoned Armenia and Mesopotamia, relinquishing overextended frontiers in favor of a more compact, defensible, and administratively sustainable empire. Choice VF/VF. Est...5000,00.
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