Trajan

Roman Imperial, Marciana sister of Trajan (d.112 CE) Silver denarius, Rome mint

• Obverse: MARCIANA AVG SOROR IMP TRAIANI / Bust of Marciana, draped, right; hair coiled on top of head behind crescent-shaped diadem
• Reverse: CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI P P MATIDIA AVG / Matidia enthroned left, holding her right hand over child standing at her right knee, laying her left hand on head of child standing at her left side

Reference: 

• RIC II 742 (Trajan)
• RSC 2
• Sear 3327
• BMC 531 (Trajan)

Other Information:

Per David Sear: This type was struck between the death of Marciana in late August 112 CE and her deification the following month.  It shows that Matidia’s promotion to Imperial status followed immediately on her mother’s death.

Roman Imperial, Trajan (81 - 96 CE), Silver denarius, Rome mint

• Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P / laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
• Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI /  Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia.

Reference: 

• RIC II 169
• RSC 462
• BMC 167

Roman Imperial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE) Bronze As, Rome mint

• Obverse: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P /  Laureate bust of Trajan facing right, draped on left shoulder
• Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C / Arched, single-span bridge over river with eight vertical bars on side; boat moored below at right

Reference:

• RIC II 569
• Cohen 543
• BMC 954

Other Information: 

According to FORVM's website ( www.forumancientcoins.com): Trajan's "bridge reverse" is normally linked with the monumental bridge built across the Danube by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus, an amazing example of Roman engineering. But Apollodorus' bridge is believed to have differed greatly from the bridge on coin and some scholars doubt any connection between the two. G.F. Hill suggested the bridge is the Pons Sublicius, a revered ancient wooden structure in Rome, often damaged by floods and presumably restored under Trajan. We could argue that the Danube Bridge is still a possible subject, since architecture is notoriously schematized on ancient coins.

While Apollodorus' own writings on the bridge are lost, it is depicted on Trajan's Column, and discussed in the writing of Cassius' Dio and Procopius of Caesarea, among others. The bridge, constructed with wooden arches set on twenty masonry pillars, is estimated to have been 1135 meters long and the river about 800 meters wide. Each gateway was protected by a castrum. Procopius tells us that during construction the river was diverted and about half of the pillars were built on dry land. Cassius Dio tells us that Hadrian removed the wooden arches to protect Moesia from northern invasions. Since Dacia continued to be a province for about the next 150 years, the bridge must have been rebuilt. Aurelian likely demolished it when he abandoned Dacia. In 1856, when the Danube was at a record low, all twenty pillars were seen out of the water. In 1906 two were demolished to ease navigation. In 1982 archeologists could only find the remains of twelve pillars. Both end pillars are still standing on the Serbian and Romanian shores.

Roman Imperial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE) Orichalcum Sestertius, Rome mint

• Obverse: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P /  Laureate bust of Trajan facing right, draped on left shoulder
• Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C / Arched, single-span bridge over river with eight vertical bars on side; boat moored below at right

Reference:

• RIC II 569
• Cohen 542
• BMC 847
• Sear 3207

Other Information: 

According to FORVM's website ( www.forumancientcoins.com): Trajan's "bridge reverse" is normally linked with the monumental bridge built across the Danube by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus, an amazing example of Roman engineering. But Apollodorus' bridge is believed to have differed greatly from the bridge on coin and some scholars doubt any connection between the two. G.F. Hill suggested the bridge is the Pons Sublicius, a revered ancient wooden structure in Rome, often damaged by floods and presumably restored under Trajan. We could argue that the Danube Bridge is still a possible subject, since architecture is notoriously schematized on ancient coins.

While Apollodorus' own writings on the bridge are lost, it is depicted on Trajan's Column, and discussed in the writing of Cassius' Dio and Procopius of Caesarea, among others. The bridge, constructed with wooden arches set on twenty masonry pillars, is estimated to have been 1135 meters long and the river about 800 meters wide. Each gateway was protected by a castrum. Procopius tells us that during construction the river was diverted and about half of the pillars were built on dry land. Cassius Dio tells us that Hadrian removed the wooden arches to protect Moesia from northern invasions. Since Dacia continued to be a province for about the next 150 years, the bridge must have been rebuilt. Aurelian likely demolished it when he abandoned Dacia. In 1856, when the Danube was at a record low, all twenty pillars were seen out of the water. In 1906 two were demolished to ease navigation. In 1982 archeologists could only find the remains of twelve pillars. Both end pillars are still standing on the Serbian and Romanian shores.

Roman Imperial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE) Bronze Dupondius, Rome mint

• Obverse: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P /  Radiate bust of Trajan facing right, draped on left shoulder
• Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C / Arched, single-span bridge over river with eight vertical bars on side; boat moored below at right

Reference:

• RIC II 570
• Cohen 544
• BMC 914

Other Information: 

According to FORVM's website ( www.forumancientcoins.com): Trajan's "bridge reverse" is normally linked with the monumental bridge built across the Danube by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus, an amazing example of Roman engineering. But Apollodorus' bridge is believed to have differed greatly from the bridge on coin and some scholars doubt any connection between the two. G.F. Hill suggested the bridge is the Pons Sublicius, a revered ancient wooden structure in Rome, often damaged by floods and presumably restored under Trajan. We could argue that the Danube Bridge is still a possible subject, since architecture is notoriously schematized on ancient coins.

While Apollodorus' own writings on the bridge are lost, it is depicted on Trajan's Column, and discussed in the writing of Cassius' Dio and Procopius of Caesarea, among others. The bridge, constructed with wooden arches set on twenty masonry pillars, is estimated to have been 1135 meters long and the river about 800 meters wide. Each gateway was protected by a castrum. Procopius tells us that during construction the river was diverted and about half of the pillars were built on dry land. Cassius Dio tells us that Hadrian removed the wooden arches to protect Moesia from northern invasions. Since Dacia continued to be a province for about the next 150 years, the bridge must have been rebuilt. Aurelian likely demolished it when he abandoned Dacia. In 1856, when the Danube was at a record low, all twenty pillars were seen out of the water. In 1906 two were demolished to ease navigation. In 1982 archeologists could only find the remains of twelve pillars. Both end pillars are still standing on the Serbian and Romanian shores.

Roman Provincial, Trajan (98 - 117) Bronze. Assarion, Mysia, Parium mint

• Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO AVG GER DA / Laureate head of Trajan to right
• Reverse: OPTIMO PRINCIPI C G I P D D / Capricorn to right, bearing cornucopiae on its back; below, globe

Reference:

• RPC III 1538
• Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 115, 52
• SNG Paris 1465 - 1466
• SNG Copenhagen 286

Roman Provincial, Trajan (98 - 117) Bronze. Assarion, Mysia, Parium mint

• Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO AVG GER DA / Laureate head of Trajan to right with countermark
• Reverse: OPTIMO PRINCIPI C G I P D D / Capricorn to right, bearing cornucopiae on its back; below, globe

Reference:

• RPC III 1538
• Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 115, 52
• SNG Paris 1465 - 1466
• SNG Copenhagen 286
• Howgego GIC 220 (for countermark)

Other Information:

• The countermark depicts the diademed head of an Empress facing right with hair in a bun; possibly Trajan's wife, Plotina (died 121/122).

Roman Provincial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE) Bronze Ae unit, Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala mint

• Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan facing right
• Reverse: ΙƐΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ / Veiled bust of Demeter facing right with torch in front

Reference:

• RPC III 3384

Roman Provincial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE), Silver Tetradrachm, Phoenicia, Tyre mint

• Obverse: AYTKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK / Laureate head of Trajan right with eagle standing to right and club to left, below
• Reverse: ΔHMAPX EΞ IE YΠAT E / Laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles right with lion skin tied around neckt

Reference: 

• RPC III 3539
• Prieur 1515
• McAlee 460
• BMC 15

Roman Provincial, Trajan (98 - 117 CE), Silver Tetradrachm, Phoenicia, Tyre mint

• Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ Δ[ΑΚ] - Laureate head of Trajan right, set on eagle standing right; with club to lower left
• Reverse: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ - ΕΞ ΙΕ ΥΠΑΤ Ε - the Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppies in her right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right

Reference: 

• RPC III 3540
• Prieur 1498
• McAlee 470