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Object Number:29-126-960
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Imperial Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Trajan
Period: Trajan
Date Made: 103-111AD
Early Date: 103
Late Date: 111
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Bronze
Brass
Iconography:Head
Drapery
Dacia
Arms
Trophy
Inscription Language:Latin
Outside Diameter:3.4 cm
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929

Description

Trajan AR denarius IMPCAESNERVAETRAIANOAVGGERDACPMTRPCOSVPP Head r., laur., drapery on shoulder(no aegis) SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPI Dacia seated l. on arms mourning; to l. trophy; in ex., S C

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 62, no. 92View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Sydenham, Edward A., and Mattingly, Harold. 1923. The Roman Imperial Coinage. v. 2. Vespasian to Hadrian.. London. Spink & Son. Vol. 2. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 283, no. 560View Objects related to this

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