Denarius

Trajan
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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Silver

Weight: 2.9 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

27.1.29317

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: IMPCAESNERVATRAIANA(pellet below)UGGERM; Reverse: Female figure (Concordia) seated left on backless chair, wearing stephane, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; inward reading inscription moving clockwise starting 8.5 o'clock: PONT(pellet below)MAXTR(pellet below)POTCOS(pellet below)I(pellet below)I(pellet below); worn dotted border

Course History

LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Scott Arcenas, Winter 2019

LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Bryce Walker, Winter 2019

LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Margaretha Kramer, Winter 2019

LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2019

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Inger Kuin, Spring 2019

LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Bryce Walker, Spring 2019

LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Bryce Walker, Spring 2019

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

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. 12; BMC, Vol. III: Trajan no. 4, pl. 9/3

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