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Dupondius of Trajan

Roman (Artist)
104-111 CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze; struck
(Roman Empire , )

Obverse: Head of Trajan, radiate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Seated female figure holding branch toward kneeling figure

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] IMP(eratore) CAES(are) NERVAE TRAIANO AVG(usto) GER(manico) DAC(ico) P(ontifico) M(aximo) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) CO(n)S(ule) 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] SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC

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

Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.

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Geographies

Italy, Roman Empire, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Harold Landon, 1943

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.649

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