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Sestertius with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 108–110
Mint: Italy, Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 26.68 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.292
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Trajan to right, laureate and wearing aegis.
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Reverse: Ceres standing to left; draped and veiled, crowned with wheat, holding in her right hand two ears of wheat; in the left a cornucopia. To the right an altar; to the left, a modius.
SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPII in field: S C
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Reverse: Ceres standing to left; draped and veiled, crowned with wheat, holding in her right hand two ears of wheat; in the left a cornucopia. To the right an altar; to the left, a modius.
SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPII in field: S C
ProvenanceAccording to MFA archival card: from the Modena collection; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 1, 1900 purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren