Sestertius
Trajan
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
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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