Roman Imperial coin – HCR21819

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP CAES NERVAE TRAI AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P

Design:

Head of Trajan, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C AQVA TRAIA[NA]

Design:

River god reclining left on rocks under arched grotto supported by two columns; left arm resting on urn and reed in right hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Trajan

Person

Trajan, 98 – 117 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 111 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

24.03

Axis

Diameter (mm)

32.6

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1770

Source

The Reverend Charles Godwyn

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by the Reverend Charles Godwyn, 1770.

tooled

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 463 var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP CAES NERVAE TRAI AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, not IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P; Obverse portrait is not draped on left shoulder

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 359a var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP CAES NERVAE TRAI AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, not IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, cgallacher, mspencer-brown