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The age of Trajan (98-117 AD) represents one of the high points in the history of the Roman Empire, a period of territorial expansion, political stability and extraordinary cultural vitality. The figure of the princeps optimus, already celebrated by his contemporaries as a model of civil and military virtue, finds in his
coinage a direct testimony to the ideological complexity and effective use of imperial communication.
Trajan's coins, produced with remarkable care and exceptional variety, constitute a privileged document for the study of the figurative and propagandistic language of the imperial age. They reflect not only the salient events of the principality, but also the themes of dynastic legitimacy, religious pietas, economic prosperity and the universal order promoted by Rome.
This volume aims to offer an overview of most of Trajan's coinage, analysing its types, legends and iconography in the light of historical, epigraphic and archaeological sources. The work aims to highlight how coins, which were both a means of circulation and a political message,became under Trajan the means by which the emperor represented and consolidated the image of a just, expansive and universal power.
Through examination of the formal variety and artistic refinement of the coinage, a portrait of the emperor emerges that combines the virtus of a general with the wisdom of a legislator, making the coin a microcosm of the Empire itself: a vast, orderly and coherent world in which Rome recognises and asserts itself as the ruler of the known world.

L’età di Traiano (98-117 d.C.) rappresenta uno dei momenti più alti della storia dell’Impero Romano, un periodo di espansione territoriale, di equilibrio politico e di straordinaria vitalità culturale. La figura del princeps optimus, celebrata già dai contemporanei come modello di virtù civile e militare, trova nelle sue
emissioni monetarie una testimonianza diretta della complessità ideologica e dell’efficace uso della comunicazione imperiale.
Le monete di Traiano, prodotte con notevole cura e varietà eccezionali, costituiscono un documento privilegiato per lo studio del linguaggio figurativo e propagandistico dell’età imperiale. In esse si riflettono non solo gli eventi salienti del principato, ma anche i temi della legittimazione dinastica, della pietas religiosa, della prosperità economica e dell’ordine universale promosso da Roma.
Questo volume intende offrire una visione della maggior parte della monetazione traianea, analizzandone i tipi, le leggende e le iconografie alla luce delle fonti storiche, epigrafiche e archeologiche. L’opera si propone di evidenziare come la moneta, strumento di circolazione e di messaggio politico al tempo stesso, divenga sotto Traiano il mezzo attraverso cui l’imperatore rappresenta e consolida l’immagine di un potere giusto, espansivo e universale.
Attraverso l’esame della varietà formale e della raffinatezza artistica delle coniazioni, emerge un ritratto dell’imperatore che unisce la virtus del generale alla sapienza del legislatore, e che fa della moneta un microcosmo dell’Impero stesso: un mondo vasto, ordinato e coerente, in cui Roma si riconosce e si afferma come dominatrice del mondo conosciuto.
The age of Trajan (98-117 AD) represents one of the high points in the history of the Roman Empire, a period of territorial expansion, political stability and extraordinary cultural vitality. The figure of the princeps optimus, already celebrated by his contemporaries as a model of civil and military virtue, finds in his coinage a direct testimony to the ideological complexity and effective use of imperial communication.
Trajan's coins, produced with remarkable care and exceptional variety, constitute a privileged document for the study of the figurative and propagandistic language of the imperial age. They reflect not only the salient events of the principality, but also the themes of dynastic legitimacy, religious pietas, economic prosperity and the universal order promoted by Rome.
This volume aims to offer an overview of most of Trajan's coinage, analyzing its types, legends and iconography in the light of historical, epigraphic and archaeological sources. The work aims to highlight how coins, which were both a means of circulation and a political message,became under Trajan the means by which the emperor represented and consolidated the image of a just, expansive and universal power.
Through examination of the formal variety and artistic refinement of the coinage, a portrait of the emperor emerges that combines the virtus of a general with the wisdom of a legislator, making the coin a microcosm of the Empire itself: a vast, orderly and coherent world in which Rome recognizes and asserts itself as the ruler of the known world.

Traiano's era (98-117 AD). C. ) represents one of the highest moments in the history of the Roman Empire, a period of territorial expansion, political balance and extraordinary cultural vitality. The image of the princeps optimus, celebrated today as a model of civil and military virtù, found in its monetary emission a direct testimonial of the completeness of ideology and of the effective use of imperial communication.
Le monete di Traiano, produced with noteworthy cura and exceptional varieties, is a privileged document for the studio of figurative language and imperial propaganda. In fact, this is not the sole event of the principle, but also the legitimacy of dynasty, religious pietas, economic prosperity and universal promotion of Rome.
This volume intends to offer a vision of the maggior part of the monetazione traianea, analizzandone i tipi, le legende et le iconografie alla luce delle fonti storiche, epigrafiche et archeologiche. The opera is propone di evidenziare like the coin, strumento di circolazione e di message politico al tempo stesso, divenga sotto Traiano il mezzo attraverso cui l'imperatore rappresenta et consolida l'image di un potere giusto, espansivo et universale.
Attracting the esame of the formal variety and the refined artistica of the coniazioni, emerges a ritratto dell'imperatore che unisce the virtus of the generale with the sapienza of the legislatore, and che fa della moneta a microcosmo dell'Impero stesso: a vast world, ordinato and coerente, in cui Roma si riconosce e si afferma come dominatrix of the world conosciuto