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Aureus with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 112–115
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 6.87 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.785
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
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Reverse: Jupiter standing, scepter in left hand, right with thunderbolt extended above Trajan, togate, branch in right hand.
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Reverse: Jupiter standing, scepter in left hand, right with thunderbolt extended above Trajan, togate, branch in right hand.
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ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)