Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 26.65 grams, 33 mm. Trajan, 103-111 AD. Obverse: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V(?) PP(?), head of Trajan r. laureate. Reverse: S.P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan mounted r. cuirassed and cloaked, lance aimed at barbarian r.; in exergue, S C
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Trajan (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V(?) PP(?), S.C., and S.P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Sestertii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
103-111 AD
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 26.65 grams and linear 33 millimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #114: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (March 15, 1972–March 15, 1972)