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SPQR on my Roman Denarius

markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

What dose SPQR on my Roman Denarius of Trajan stand for.

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    maplemanmapleman Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR

    SPQR is an initialism of a phrase in Latin: Senātus Populusque Rōmānus ("The Roman Senate and People", or more freely as "The Senate and People of Rome"; Classical Latin: [sɛˈnaː.tʊs pɔpʊˈlʊs.kᶣɛ roːˈmaː.nʊs]), referring to the government of the ancient Roman

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    maplemanmapleman Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW Nice coins.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I had one of these, I want it to be a pocket piece so I can touch the history and the humanity. Just saying. Peace Roy

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Senate was the mostly executive body of the Roman Republic.

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