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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.186
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Sestertius of Trajan
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
114-116 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Imperial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196839

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
25.81 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
sestertius
Date on Object
COS VI OPTIMVS
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS VI PP
  • inscription: reverse: [SENATVS P]OPVLVSQVE ROMANVS
    FORT RED in exergue
    SC
  • Obverse Inscription: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P P TR P COS VI PP
  • Reverse Inscription: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS / FORT RED | S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woytek 542v

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.186
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan r., in paludamentum; around, IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P.
Rev.: Fortuna, draped, seated l., feet on stool, holding rudder in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.; around, [SENATVS P]OPVLVSQVE ROMANVS; in exergue, FORT RED | S C.

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