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ID number: BIRBI-R1102 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trajan; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 103 - 111 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 25.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1798. J. H. Daniels, Brighton, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, r., draped l. shoulder. Reverse: S - C, left and right. Spes walking l. holding a flower in her l. hand and her skirt in her r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...MP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P (Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacius, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the fifth time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI (The Senate and the Roman people, the best leader).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 519
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