Trajan obverse — Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right Obverse
Trajan reverse — Abundantia, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius with corn-ears left, and cornucopiae in left hand; to right, prow of ship Reverse

Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Universität Bonn

Catalog Reference
RIC II Trajan 492 (sestertius)
Ruler
Trajan
Denomination
Sestertius
Date
103 AD-111 AD
Mint
Rome
Metal
Bronze
Weight
28.46g
Diameter
34mm
Die Axis
7 h
Portrait Type
laureate
Manufacturing
struck

Obverse

IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right

Reverse

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C

Abundantia, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius with corn-ears left, and cornucopiae in left hand; to right, prow of ship

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