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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.133
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Denarius of Trajan, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
103-111 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20284

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.02 g
Die Axis
8
Denomination
denarius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
  • Reverse Inscription: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC II Trajan 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.133
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan to r.; around, clockwise, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P.
Rev.: Roma seated l., holding Victory and spear; around, COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC.

Verification Level

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