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As of Trajan

Roman (Artist)
103-111 CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze; struck

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, drape on left shoulder, right; beaded border. Reverse: Dacia, draped, seated left, left hand resting on shield, holding head with right; trophy to left; beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] IMP(eratore) CAES(ari) NERVAE TRAIANO AVG(usto) GER(manico) DAC(ico) P(ontifici) M(aximo) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) CO(n)S(uli) V P(atri) P(atriae) [Translation] To Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of his country [Inscription, Latin; reverse] S(enatus) P(opulus)Q(ue) R(omanus) OPTIMO PRINCIPI; in field, S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] The Senate and people of Rome (issued this coin) to the best princeps, by senatorial decree

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Walters Art Museum, 1945, by purchase.

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Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, 1945

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

59.673

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