Roman Imperial coin – HCR21824

Obverse

Inscription:

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

Design:

Bust of Trajan, laureate, with aegis on left shoulder, right

Reverse

Inscription:

S P Q R O[PTI]MO PRINCIPI S C ARAB ADQVIS

Design:

Arabia, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand extended over camel walking left before her and a scented reed (calamus odoratus) upright in left

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)

24.62

Axis

Diameter (mm)

33.2

Acquisition method

Acquisition collection reference

Ashmole Cat. II p.85v

Source

Anonymous benefactor

Acquisition credit

Presented by an anonymous benefactor.

Acquisition note

TSilkin: acq. method really does = "?" - ticket says "given by", but not by whom; one would expect "given by" to be struck through

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 466 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait has aegis on left shoulder

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 363c

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.466_sestertius

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown