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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.134
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Drachm of Trajan, Bostra (Arabia)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
113-114 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Bostra (Arabia)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20839

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.44 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
drachm
Date on Object
EX 18 YPAT 6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AYTOKR KAIS NER TRAIAN SEB GERM DAK
  • Reverse Inscription: DHMARX (chi) EX (xi) IH YPAT 6

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. 189; M. 17; ANS 1956.127.2046

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
2005.115.134
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan r., drapery over l. shoulder; around, clockwise, AYTOKR KAIS NER TRAIAN SEB GERM DAK (in Greek with lunate sigmas).
Rev.: Arabia standing l., holding branch in r. hand and bundle of cinnamon stalks (?) in l. hand; on l., Arabian camel; around, clockwise, DHMARX (chi) EX (xi) IH (=18) YPAT 6 (in Greek; 6 represented by stigma).

Verification Level

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