Roman Imperial coin – HCR90872

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP CAES NER]VAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC [P M TR P] CO[S V P P]

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

S P Q R [OPTIM]O PRINCIPI S C

Design:

Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical spear reversed in left, being crowned by Victory, draped, standing left, holding palm upright in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Trajan

Person

Trajan, 98 – 117 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 107 – 110 (according to Woytek, MIR 14)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

12.08

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.8

Acquisition method

deposit

Acquisition date

1940

Source

Christ Church

Acquisition credit

Deposited by Christ Church, 1940.

Reference

RIC II (first edition) : 549

Reference

Woytek MIR 14 (Trajan) : 322b

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.549_as

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski