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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.44.4
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Sestertius of Trajan, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
98 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Imperial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196550

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
24.9 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
sestertius
Date on Object
COS II
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: IM[P CAES NER]VA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM
  • inscription: reverse: TR POT COS II
    SC in exergue
  • Obverse Inscription: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M
  • Reverse Inscription: TR POT COS II S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woytek 27a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb in memory of William Eliot Lamb, Class of 1858, Keeper and Cataloguer of the coins of the University in that year
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.44.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan r.; around, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
Rev.: Pax seated l. with olive branch and scepter; around, TR POT COS II; in exergue, S C.

Verification Level

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