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Roman emperor Trajan (96-117 CE), near Tower Hill, London

Marble bust of Roman Emperor Trajan, 112-115 CE. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Pavillion of Trajan, in parts submerged by the Nile flooding on the Island of Philae, near Aswan. Island Philae, Nubia, Egypt (October 1959)

A bust of Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). The portrait is idealised and was produced in the reign of his successor Hadrian in 117 CE. Provenance: Ostia. (Vatican Museums, Rome).

Sestertius commemorating Trajan's rebuilding of the Circus Maximus, showing the Arch of Titus (not to be confused with the Arch of Titus built over the Via Sacra), which looks down from the upper left, quadrigae (four-horse chariots) surmounting...

A photorealistic representation of what the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence. Pictured alongside the reconstruction are...

A silver denarius with Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) on the obverse side. Here on the reverse side, the inscriptions demonstrate the major achievements of the emperor. They read as such: PM-TRP-COSVI-PP-SPQR. These are abbreviations for Pontifex...

A silver denarius showing the face of Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE)

Silver coin from the Roman Crete, 97-117 CE. The British Museum, London. After the Roman conquest of Crete in 66 BCE, emperors sympathetic to Greek culture, such as Trajan and Hadrian, focused on renovating and developing public spaces...

The bronze drachm of Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) on the left, minted 112-113 CE, represents one of the denominations produced at Alexandria. The half-drachm on the right was minted in 111-112 CE at Alexandria also. (The British Museum, London).