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ID number:  BIRBI-R1095
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:  114 - 117
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.96
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3915. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, r., draped. Reverse: PPO VID to left and right. Providentia standing l., holding sceptre and pointing at globe.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC IARTHICO (Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan the best Augustus Germanicus Dacius). Reverse: P M TR P COS VI P P SPQR (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland, the Senate and the Roman people).

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 365

3 Related People

Trajan
Roman
53
117
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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