Denarius
Trajan
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
103-111
Silver
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 11/16 in. (18 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29316
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; inward reading inscription moving clockwise starting 6 o'clock: [IMPTRAIAN] O(pellet below)AUGGERDACPMTR(pellet below)P(pellet below); worn across portrait and lower half, especially lower left; Reverse: Figure seated left sitting on round shield, wearing pointed hat, left leg stretched down, right knee bent up with right elbow resting on knee, right forearm bent up with head against hand, left arm bent, left hand on right knee; spears and curved swords at feet; a Captive Dacian; inward reading inscription moving clockwise starting 6 o'clock (very worn): C(pellet below)O(pellet below)S(pellet below) [VPP]S(pellet below)P(pellet below)Q(pellet below)R(pellet below)[OPTIM]O(pellet below)P(pellet below)R(pellet below)I(pellet below)N(pellet below)C(pellet below); DACCAP in exergue
Course History
ARTH 16, Art, Architecture and Money in the Early Modern Period, Lauren Jacobi, Spring 2013
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC, Trajan no. 98; BMC, Vol. III: Trajan nos. 390-394, pl. 15/15
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