Sestertius of Trajan, Emperor of Rome from Rome Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Ruler: Trajan, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 53–117, ruled 98–117

114–15

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Orichalcum

Dimensions

24.5 g, 6:00, 33 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1938.6000.49

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

2nd century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Bust laureate draped cuirassed r. seen from behind.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS around, FORT RED / S C in exergue. Fortuna seated l. holding rudder in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Library, New Haven Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 116, no. 67, ill
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 337, no. 26, pl. 26
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

coins, money, sestertii

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