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Trajan Virtus Coin Type: Silver denarius of Trajan, 98-117 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 114-117 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 3.2g
Obverse: Laureate, draped bust right.
IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Reverse: Virtus standing right, left foot on helmet, reversed spear held behind in right hand, parazonium held at waist level in front in right hand.
PM TR P COS VI P P SPQR
Ref: RIC II 353
BW Ref: 014 027 071
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