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Contorniate with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
Mid–late 4th century A.D.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 22.97 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.294
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 100.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan to left.
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Reverse: Abundance holding cornucopia in left hand, standing at right facing Ceres seated to left on stool, holding stalk of wheat in left hand and extending right over tall cylindrical altar.
ANNON A AVGVSTA CERES in exergue: S C
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Reverse: Abundance holding cornucopia in left hand, standing at right facing Ceres seated to left on stool, holding stalk of wheat in left hand and extending right over tall cylindrical altar.
ANNON A AVGVSTA CERES in exergue: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Madame M. P. Collection; by 1959: with Hôtel Drouot, Paris (auction of Madame M. P. Collection), April 6-7, 1959, lot 198; purchased at the Drouot auction on behalf of MFA by Leu & Co.'s Bank, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Leu & Co.'s Bank for $ 355.95 (this is the total price of 59.293-59.296); accessioned, May 14, 1959