ANNONA AND TRAJAN'S COINAGE: REVISITING MISIDENTIFICATIONS IN THE CATALOGUES OF THE ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE
ANNONA AND TRAJAN'S COINAGE: REVISITING MISIDENTIFICATIONS IN THE CATALOGUES OF THE ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE

Summary/Abstract: For more than two centuries, the Rome mint produced coins featuring the image of Annona, a symbol of the emperor's political and social initiatives. It remains unclear why the Roman Imperial Coinage catalogues omit these depictions in its section on Emperor Trajan—possibly due to a misinterpretation by its authors. This article examines how the rulers of Rome, the most powerful men in the empire, emphasised the importance of supplying the city with grain through the imagery featured on ancient coins. It also investigates the absence of documentation for such coins during Trajan's reign. Finally, the article considers the challenges inherent in working with numismatic material and the methodological difficulties involved in using this type of source.

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