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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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