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TRAJAN, AD 98-117
AR Denarius (19.3mm, 3.79g, 6h)
Struck mid-AD 112-spring 113. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust of Trajan right, with slight drapery on far shoulder
Reverse: DIVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan’s deified father seated left on curule chair, holding patera in right hand and long vertical scepter in left
References: RIC II 252 corr. (bust type); RCV 3323; ERIC II 348
Light toning, good surfaces and detail. An interesting type depicting Trajan’s biological father deified. “Trajan’s father, M. Ulpius Traianus, came from Italica in Baetica (southern Spain) and commanded Legio X Fretensis under Vespasian during the Jewish War. He was later granted patrician rank by the Emperor Vespasian and honoured with a consulship, probably in AD 70. Governor of Syria for several years in the mid-70s, the highly successful public career of Trajan Senior culminated with the prestigious proconsulship of Asia during the reign of Titus. His death probably occurred around AD 100, but his deification and appearance on the Imperial coinage did not occur until late in the reign of his son, the Emperor Trajan.” – David R. Sear (Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. II, p. 124)