Trajan 98-117 AD - AE Sestertius - RIC-667

Reference Description

Trajan 98-117 AD
AE Sestertius, 116 AD, Rome Mint
Obv. Laureate and draped bust of Trajan right.
Rev. Trajan seated left on dais accompanied by the praetorian prefect, crowns Parthmaspates while on left Vologases kneels before them.
RIC-667
BMCRE- 1046

Recent Sales

Numismatica Ars Classica, Zurich Auction 51 Lot 268 (4 March 2009) Realized CHF 4,750

Notes

Kovacs-appendix B, 19
Investiture of Parthamaspates as King of Parthia and the acknowledgement of Vologases as king of part of Armenia by Trajan.
The kneeling figure is normally identified as Parthia (Foss 1989, 105 no. 75); however, the figure's headdress is clearly an Armenian tiara, not the “Mauerkrone" described by Keller (2010, 601).

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Citation

“Trajan 98-117 AD - AE Sestertius - RIC-667,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed November 14, 2024, https://armnumres.org/items/show/1118.