Roman Imperial coin – HCR21832

Obverse

Inscription:

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

Design:

Head of Trajan, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCI[PI] S C

Design:

Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical spear in left; left foot is on head of Dacian, right on helmet; by cuirass, three shields

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 108 – 110 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

Axis

Diameter (mm)

32.9

Acquisition method

loan

Acquisition date

18/10/1940

Source

Queen's College

Acquisition credit

Lent by The Queen's College, 1940.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 489 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait is not draped on left shoulder

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 332a

This specimen

Yes

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.489_sestertius

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, jmairat, cgallacher, mspencer-brown