Roman Imperial coin – HCR21952

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P

Design:

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right, viewed from side

Reverse

Inscription:

ARMEN[IA ET MESOP]OTAM[IA IN POTESTATEM] P R RED[A]CTA[E] S C

Design:

Trajan, laureate, in military dress, standing front, head right, holding vertical spear in right hand and parazonium in left; on ground reclining figures of Armenia, Tigris and Euphrates

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 116 – 117 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

23.57

Axis

Diameter (mm)

34.3

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

Rom. Imp. AE I 155

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Francis Douce

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 642

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 590v

This specimen

Yes

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.642

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, mspencer-brown