RS116353. Silver denarius, Woytek 24a, RIC II 17, BnF IV 15, RSC II 292, BMCRE III 14, Hunter II 5, Strack I 13, SRCV II 3152, VF, near full legends, flow lines, light toning, highest points not fully struck, light scratches, edge split, 3.209g, 19.9mm, 210^o, Rome mint, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM (Latin: Supreme commander, caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor, victor over the Germans), laureate head right (early portrait resembling Nerva); reverse PONT MAX TR POT COS II (Latin: high priest, holder of Tribunitian power, consul for the 2nd time), Pax standing slightly left, head left, olive branch held upright in right hand, cornucopia in left hand

 

Pax, regarded by the ancients as a goddess, was worshiped not only at Rome but also at Athens. Her altar could not be stained with blood. Claudius began the construction of a magnificent temple to her honor, which Vespasian finished, in the Via Sacra. The attributes of Peace are the hasta pura, the olive branch, the cornucopia, and often the caduceus. Sometimes she is represented setting fire to a pile of arms.