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Sestertius with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 116–117
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 23.90 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1978.44
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Trajan, right, laureate, draped.
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Reverse: Trajan seated left, crowning Parthian king (Parthamaspates). An officer stands behind Trajan, and Parthia personified kneels in front of the podium to receive the king.
REXPARTHISDATVS SC (in exergue)
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Reverse: Trajan seated left, crowning Parthian king (Parthamaspates). An officer stands behind Trajan, and Parthia personified kneels in front of the podium to receive the king.
REXPARTHISDATVS SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: L. P. G. Messenger Collection; by 1951: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W. 1 (Glendining auction of the Messenger Collection, November 21, 1951, lot 137); by date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule Collection; gift to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in honor of their daughter Emily D. B. Vermeule, January 11, 1978; reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour, January 11, 1978