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ID number: BIRBI-R1090 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trajan; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 112 - 114 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1221. W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1930. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, r., draped. Reverse: Trajan's column surmounted by a statue of the emperor with two eagles at the base.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P (Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacius, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI (The Senate and the Roman People, the best leader).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 292
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