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Medallion with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 103–111
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37 mm. Weight: 25.97 gms. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.1466
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 017.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to left.
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Reverse: Trajan on horseback to right followed by soldier armed with spear and helmet; preceded by a woman pointing forward. Plain exergue line.
Above: ADVENTVSAVG in exergue: SPQROPTPRINCIPI
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Reverse: Trajan on horseback to right followed by soldier armed with spear and helmet; preceded by a woman pointing forward. Plain exergue line.
Above: ADVENTVSAVG in exergue: SPQROPTPRINCIPI
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Prince Waldek Collection; by 1935: with Münzhandlung Basel, Aeschenvorstadt 37, Basel, Switzerland (Münzhandlung Basel auction 3 [Prince Waldek Collection], March 4-5, 1935, lot 308); purchased at the Münzhandlung Basel auction by Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1 on behalf of a U.S. Private Collector; March 12, 1935: purchased from Spink & Son, Ltd. by a U.S. Private Collector; anonymous gift to MFA, October 3, 1935