Trajan (98-117 AD) ~ AR Double-Denarius ~ NGC Choice Extra Fine

Divus Trajan (AD 98-117). AR antoninianus (23mm, 7h). NGC Choice XF. Rome, AD 250-251. DIVO TRAIANO, radiate head of Divus Trajan right / CONSECRATIO, lighted, rectangular altar with four panels. RIC IV.III (Trajan Decius) 86b.

NGC CERT #: 2117180-015

NGC DESCRIPTION: Trajan, AD 98-117, AR Double-Denarius, Consecratio, c.AD 250/251

NGC GRADE: Choice Extra Fine

ABOUT THE COIN:

Double Denarius (Antoninianus) is a Roman double denarius coin denomination (pl. antoniniani) struck from 215 to 293 A.D. (or 274 if you consider the later issues, sometimes called aurelianiani, a new denomination).

Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117.  Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps ("best ruler"), Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history and led the empire to attain the greatest territorial extent in history by the time of his death.  He is also known for his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive public building programs and implementing social welfare policies, which earned him his enduring reputation as the second of the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace within the Empire and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.

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