RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius)

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Typological Description

  • Date Range: AD 103 - AD 111
  • Object Type: Coin
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Denomination: Sestertius
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
    • Type: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
    • Portrait: Trajan

    • Reverse

      • Legend: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
      • Type: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in front of prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left (sometimes there is no prow)
      • Deity: Fortuna

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    Bronze Sestertius of Trajan, Rome, AD 103 - AD 111 1995.11.556
    Collection
    American Numismatic Society
    Axis
    5
    Diameter (in mm)
    33.0
    Weight (in gr.)
    25.66
    Bronze Sestertius of Trajan, Rome, AD 103 - AD 111 1944.100.44706
    Collection
    American Numismatic Society
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    34.0
    Weight (in gr.)
    22.99
    Bronze Sestertius of Trajan, Rome, AD 103 - AD 111 1954.18.159
    Collection
    American Numismatic Society
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    35.0
    Weight (in gr.)
    26.65
    [Monnaie. Sesterce, Trajan, Rome]
    Collection
    Bibliothèque nationale de France
    Identifier
    IMP-3072
    Weight (in gr.)
    27.62
    [Monnaie. Sesterce, Trajan, Rome]
    Collection
    Bibliothèque nationale de France
    Identifier
    IMP-3073
    Weight (in gr.)
    27.14
    Traianus 103-111 n. Chr.
    Collection
    Coin Cabinet, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
    Identifier
    ID61
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    33
    Weight (in gr.)
    23.79
    Traianus (98-117); Rom; 103 - 111; Sesterz; RIC 500
    Collection
    University of Graz
    Weight (in gr.)
    25.51
    Münze, Sesterz, 103 - 111 n. Chr.
    Collection
    Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen
    Identifier
    129228
    Axis
    6
    Weight (in gr.)
    18.695
    Traianus 108–109/10 n. Chr.
    Collection
    Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur
    Identifier
    ID3502
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    35
    Weight (in gr.)
    27.64
    As with bust of Trajan
    Collection
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Identifier
    1998.475
    Diameter (in mm)
    30.5
    Weight (in gr.)
    10.36
    379445: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
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    Gwynedd
    379446: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
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    Gwynedd
    334879: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
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    Monmouthshire
    371765: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
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    Conwy County Borough
    381905: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
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    Wrexham County Borough
    287408: PAS Coin
    Collection
    Portable Antiquities Scheme
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    36
    Weight (in gr.)
    26.26
    Findspot
    Sharnbrook
    Traianus 103-111 n. Chr.
    Collection
    Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
    Identifier
    ID7467
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    36
    Weight (in gr.)
    27.88
    Traianus ca. 108-109/110 n. Chr.
    Collection
    The Academic Coin Cabinet of the Archaeological Collection of Rostock University
    Identifier
    ID355
    Axis
    6
    Diameter (in mm)
    33
    Weight (in gr.)
    25.59

    Quantitative Analysis

    Average measurements for this coin type:

    Axis
    5.89
    Diameter (in mm)
    33.94
    Weight (in gr.)
    24.29

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