Sestertius
Trajan
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
114-117
Bronze
Overall: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Weight: 23.2 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glenn Babbitt
174.30.30182
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate bust of Trajan, facing right, drapery on left shoulder; inward reading inscription, moving clockwise, starting at 6 o'clock: [IMPCAEST]RAIANOOPTIMOAUGGERDAC(pellet below)[PMTRPCOSVIPP]; Reverse: Female figure (Felicitas) standing facing left with body front, hips swayed left, right arm extended, left arm holding cornucopia; inward reading inscription, moving clockwise, starting 8 o'clock: SENA[TUSPOPULUSQUEROMANUS]; SC across field
Provenance
Glenn Babbitt; given to present collection, 1974.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC, Trajan no. 671; BMC, Trajan no. 1015
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