TRAJAN SESTERTII
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Architectural types
11. Temple of Honos
This coin type is commonly referred to as the temple of Honos which Trajan restored in the period 107-113ad. There are other theories as well: a temple of deified Nerva or the temple of Trajan's Forum.
This reverse depicts an octastyle temple with statue holding sceptre and cornucopiae between columns, 5 statues on roof.. This temple appears wide on some coins, narrow on others.
from the Matthew Sersch collection
obv : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP
rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
33mm
24.4g
Bust right, draped left shoulder
103-111ad
RIC575, Banti 289, BMC 859
This is the only legend combination used with this type
other examples:
(EX) Matthew Sersch collection
from the Norman Khoury collection(Ex M Sersch collection)
from the Matthew Sersch collection
obv : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP
rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
34mm
26.5g
Bust right, draped left shoulder
103-111ad
RIC575
example above has narrower temple (Banti 290)
from the Dr. Jones collection
bust right , aegis-- wide temple (BMC 858, Banti 291)
bust right, aegis --narrow temple(BMC 857, Banti 292 )
All Varieties are considered rare.
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