Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Denarius (ø 18-19 mm / 3,25 g), silver, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 230°),
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO O[PTIMO AVG GER] DAC P M TR P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: COS·VI·P·P· S·P·Q[·R] , Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt, scepter, and cloak spread out to cover a smaller figure of Trajan, togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC II, p. 265, no. 298 (common) ; BMC 514 ; Coh. 108 .
During Trajan´s Eastern campaign of AD 114-117, Trajan barely escaped death in Antioch when a severe earthquake collapsed the building where he was in residence, forcing him to escape through a window. According to Cassius Dio, Trajan was rescued "by some being, of greater than human stature, who came to him and led him forth, so he escaped with only a few slight injuries. " The figure was later taken to be a god, perhaps Jupiter himself in quasi-mortal guise. This denarius, which shows a giant figure of Jupiter shielding the emperor, likely refers to this episode.
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![114-117 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 298.
Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Denarius (ø 18-19 mm / 3,25 g), silver, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 230°),
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO O[PTIMO AVG GER] DAC P M TR P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: COS·VI·P·P· S·P·Q[·R] , Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt, scepter, and cloak spread out to cover a smaller figure of Trajan, togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC II, p. 265, no. 298 (common) ; BMC 514 ; Coh. 108 .
During Trajan´s Eastern campaign of AD 114-117, Trajan barely escaped death in Antioch when a severe earthquake collapsed the building where he was in residence, forcing him to escape through a window. According to Cassius Dio, Trajan was rescued "by some being, of greater than human stature, who came to him and led him forth, so he escaped with only a few slight injuries. " The figure was later taken to be a god, perhaps Jupiter himself in quasi-mortal guise. This denarius, which shows a giant figure of Jupiter shielding the emperor, likely refers to this episode.
Schlüsselwörter: Trajan Rome Denarius Jupiter thunderbolt scepter cloak togate branch scepter](images/image.gif?id=1083346991803 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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114-117 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 298.
Trajan, Rome mint, 114-117 AD.,
Denarius (ø 18-19 mm / 3,25 g), silver, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 230°),
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO O[PTIMO AVG GER] DAC P M TR P , his laureate, draped bust facing right.
Rev.: COS·VI·P·P· S·P·Q[·R] , Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt, scepter, and cloak spread out to cover a smaller figure of Trajan, togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC II, p. 265, no. 298 (common) ; BMC 514 ; Coh. 108 .
During Trajan´s Eastern campaign of AD 114-117, Trajan barely escaped death in Antioch when a severe earthquake collapsed the building where he was in residence, forcing him to escape through a window. According to Cassius Dio, Trajan was rescued \"by some being, of greater than human stature, who came to him and led him forth, so he escaped with only a few slight injuries. \" The figure was later taken to be a god, perhaps Jupiter himself in quasi-mortal guise. This denarius, which shows a giant figure of Jupiter shielding the emperor, likely refers to this episode.
Schlüsselwörter: Trajan Rome Denarius Jupiter thunderbolt scepter cloak togate branch scepter")