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ID number: BIRBI-R1106 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Trajan; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 103 - 111 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 23.08 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber Acquisition 0098B. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, November 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, r. Reverse: Triumphal arch with side structures. Above opening, triangular tympanum; on frieze I G M. Surmounted by four horses.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM... TRΛIΛNO AVG GER DAC P M TR ... (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 ...PTIMO PRINCIPI; in exergue S C. (The Senate and the Roman people, the best leader; by order of the Senate).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 572
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| Trajan Roman 53 117
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| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian
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