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ID number: BIRBI-R1111 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trajan; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 114 - 117 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3445. Spink & Son Ltd, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Trajan, radiate, r., aegis. Reverse: S - C in wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CΛES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM (Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan the best Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P (Dacius Parthico, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people for the twentieth year, Consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 644
Notes: RIC page 290 has note about unnusual combination of radiate and As denomination, however this example may also be a forgery.
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