Coin of Trajan, Emperor of Rome from Metropolis Artist: Unknown
Mint: Metropolis (Ionia)
Ruler: Trajan, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 53–117, ruled 98–117

A.D. 98–117

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

11.28 g, 1:00, 25 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.2729

Geography

Made in Metropolis, Ionia

Culture

Greek

Period

1st–2nd century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Trajan to r.; counterstruck with inscription

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Bust of Athena, wearing helmet, to r.
Provenance
K. H. Otto, Germany, to July 1982; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1982–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

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