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Denarius of Trajan

Place of OriginRome
Dateabout 112 CE
DimensionsDiam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumCoin; die-stamped silver.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1934.37
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Tragan, right, laureate. Reverse: Vesta (in exerque). Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre.
Published ReferencesMattingly, Harold, and Edward Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, London, Spink and Son, 1926, vol. II, 263, no. 265.

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