Roman Imperial coin – HCR90831

Obverse

Inscription:

[IMP] CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AV[G GER DAC P] M TR [P COS V P P]

Design:

Bust of Trajan, radiate, draped on left shoulder, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[S P Q] R OPTIMO PRINCIPI 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

Dupondius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 108 – 110 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

13.34

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.5

Acquisition method

deposit

Acquisition date

1907

Source

New College

Acquisition credit

Deposited by New College, 1907.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 490 corr.

Note:

Obverse portrait is radiate, not laureate

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 333b

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.490

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski