Trajan obverse — Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right Obverse
Trajan reverse — Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical spear reversed in left, being crowned by Victory, draped, standing left, holding palm upright in left hand Reverse

Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Universität Bonn

Catalog Reference
RIC II Trajan 549 (sestertius)
Ruler
Trajan
Denomination
Sestertius
Date
103 AD-111 AD
Mint
Rome
Metal
Bronze
Weight
26.64g
Diameter
35mm
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

Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical spear reversed in left, being crowned by Victory, draped, standing left, holding palm upright in left hand

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