Trajan 98-117 AD Silver Denarius Felicitas Holding Caduceus and Cornucopia

Trajan 98-117 AD Silver Denarius Felicitas Holding Caduceus and Cornucopia

Lot 342 · Consigned by Robbigon

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Trajan, born Marcus Ulpius Traianus on 18 September 53 AD in Italica, Hispania Baetica (modern-day Spain), was a Roman emperor who ruled from 98 to 117 AD and is remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.