ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE
REIGN OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN (98 -117 AD)
NERVA-ANTONINE DYNASTY (NERVO-TRAJANIC)
SILVER DENARIUS COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE FINE
OBV: LAUREATE PORTRAIT BUST OF TRAJAN FACING RIGHT
REV: FULL STANDING FIGURE OF AEQUITAS (DIVINE PERSONIFICATION OF EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS AND SYMMETRY) WITH SCALES IN RIGHT HAND AND CORNUCOPIA IN LEFT ARM.
MARCUS ULPIUS NERVA TRAJANUS AUGUSTUS (53-117 AD), WAS BORN IN HISPANIA (SPAIN) TO A NON-PATRICIAN FAMILY.
WHILE SERVING AS A LEGIONARY COMMANDER HE SUPPORTED THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN DUIRNG THE REVOLT OF SATURNINUS INÂ 89 AD. DOMITIAN WAS MURDERED AND SUCCEEDED BY THE NERVA IN 96. NERVA WAS UNPOPULAR WITH THE ARMY, AND DURING HIS BRIEF REIGN, HE SOFTENED A REVOLT BY THE PRAETORIAN GUARD BY AGREEING TO ADOPT THE MORE POPULAR TRAJAN AS HIS HEIR.
NERVA DIED IN 98 AD AND TRAJAN SUCCEEDED HIM PEACEFULLY.
TRAJAN IS KNOWN FOR HIS EXTENSIVE BUILDING OF PUBLIC WORKS WHICH TRANSFORMED THE CITY OF ROME. TRAJAN'S MONUMENT IS A STRIKING AND SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF HIS LEGACY. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE THE SECOND OF THE Â "FIVE GOOD EMPERORS" AND EVERY EMPEROR AFTER HIM WAS WISHED BY THE SENATE TO BE "LUCKIER THAN AUGUSTUS AND BETTER THAN TRAJAN".
HE ADDED MANY LARGE NEW AND RICH PROVINCES TO THE EMPIRE, INCLUDING MESOPOTAMIA, DACIA, ARMENIAÂ AND ARABEA PETRAEA.
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY HIS PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, WORKS AND DEEDS HAVE SURVIVED UNBLEMISHED ASÂ RESOUNDINGLY POSITIVE.
CONTAINS 3.27 GRAMS OF SILVER
17-18 MM IN DIAMETER
