Tetradrachm of Trajan, Emperor of Rome from Antioch

A.D. 103–9

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 14.50 g, 6:00, 26.5 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund
Accession Number: 2004.6.3596
Geography: Made in Antioch, Syria
Culture: Greek
Period: 2nd century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of Trajan, laureate, to r.

Reverse Description: Eagle facing front, head to l., with wings spread, holding club in talons; at r., palm branch

Provenance

Ceylan, to May 1973; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1973–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tetradrachms

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