Denarius of Trajan, Rome | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1895.253.1
People: Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title: Denarius of Trajan, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 102 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture: Roman Imperial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/196840

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.25 g

Die Axis

7

Denomination

denarius

Date on Object

COS IIII

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
inscription: reverse: PM TR P COS IIII PP
Obverse Inscription: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
Reverse Inscription: P M TR P COS IIII P P

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Woytek 128c

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year: 1895
Object Number: 1895.253.1
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan r. with paludamentum over l. shoulder; around, IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM.
Rev.: Victory, naked to waist, standing facing, head l., holding wreath in r. hand and palm branch in l.; around, P M TR P COS IIII P P.

Publication History

[Reproduction Only], Persephone, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2011, p. 58.

Verification Level

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