Roman Imperial coin – HCR6089

Obverse

Inscription:

IM[P] TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P

Design:

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right

Reverse

Inscription:

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI

Design:

Mars, helmeted, naked, except for cloak round waist, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder, in left

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Trajan

Person

Trajan, 98 – 117 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 113 – 114 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Note

Coin moved to correct ticket, swapped with previous HCR90881 (MSB 07/2025)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.16

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.3

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Hoard name

East of England

Hoard link

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/580

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 269

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 423v

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.269

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, CGVolunteer4, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski