Title
Coin: denarius of Trajan
Date
circa 106 - 111 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Early Empire
Discovery Site: Minted in Rome, Italy
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: Blockley Collection
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: silver; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 17 to 18 mm in diameter, 3.393 grams
Description
Obverse legend: [IMP](eratori) TRAIANO AVG(usto) GER(manico) DAC(ico) P(ontifici) M(aximo) TR(ibunicia) P(otestata), translation: To Imperator Trajan, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifix Maximus, holder of tribunician power; laureate bust of Trajan facing right, drapery on left shoulder only. Reverse legend: CO(n)S(uli) V P(atri) P(atriae) S(enatus) P(opulus)Q(ue) R(omanus) OPTIMO(=optimus) PRINC(eps), translation: Five times consul, father of his nation. The senate and the Roman people. The perfect prince; Felicitas standing facing left, holding caduceus in left hand, raised right hand, leaning on column. RIC II, p. 252, no. 120.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 986.1.2
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-2
Source
Cataloguer: Kathryn Brunetti, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Sophie Vigneux, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2022-06-22
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee