TRAJAN SESTERTII
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Parthian Campaign
7. Imperator VIII & VIIII
IMP(erator) before the name of the ruler is the title emperor. When used after the emperor's name, usually at the end of his titles it indicated the number of victories won by the emperor.
Trajan was hailed Imperator once on his adoption in 97, three times in 102-3, twice in 105-6, and seven times between 113-117.
IMP VII is depicted on a gold aureus and IMP VIII and IMP VIIII are depicted on sestertii.
This reverse depicts Trajan seated , 2 attendants at his side, addressing a group of 3-7 soldiers with standards (2-4) and a horse among them. This same reverse was used on both the IMPERATOR VIII and VIIII sestertii
Imperator VIII (114-117ad)
Photo Courtesy of CNG
obv : IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: IMPERATOR VIII SC
Bust right, draped
RIC 655-6, Banti 78, BMC 1017
Head right draped left shoulder ( Banti 77)
Photo Courtesy of CNG
Head right, draped and cuirassed as seen from behind--unlisted in RIC or Banti
Imperator VIIII (114-117ad)
from the Matthew Sersch collection(Ex)
obv : IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: IMPERATOR VIIII SC
33mm
27.6g
Bust right, draped
RIC658, Banti 80
another example:
from the Matthew Sersch collection(Ex)
32mm
25.2g
another example of RIC658, Banti 80
From the Dr. Jones collection
There is also a bust right variety (RIC 657 )
Photo Courtesy of CNG
bust right draped left shoulder (Banti79, BMCRE 1018).
Photo Courtesy of CNG
3/4 bust right with aegis (unlisted in RIC, Banti)
Photo Courtesy of CNG
bust draped and cuirassed as seen from side (Banti 81)
All varieties are rare .
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