Sestertius

Trajan
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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103-111

Bronze

Diameter: 1 5/16 in. (32.6 mm)

Weight: 22.31 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29306

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, facing right, drapery on left shoulder; inward reading inscription, moving clockwise, starting 6 o'clock: IMPCAESNERVAETRAIANOAUGGERDACPMTRPCOSVP(pellet below)[P]; Reverse: Female figure (Pax) standing left, drapery hung from waist long, right leg bent up with foot on figure on ground (Dacian), left arm back and down with cornucopia, right arm forward holding leafy branch over prostrate Dacian; inward reading inscription, moving clockwise, starting 8 o'clock: SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPI; SC across field

Exhibition History

Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

Catalogue Raisonne

RIC, Trajan no.503-504; BMC, Trajan no.800

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