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Object Type
Museum number: R.11905
Denomination: sestertius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Trajan, laureate, right. (obverse); Danuvius, with cloak floating behind and above him, kneeling left, pressing right knee onto Dacia, seated right on ground and grasping the right arm of Danuvius with her left hand; Danuvius holds a reed in his left hand and grips the throat of Dacia with his right hand. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 104-111
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 24.49 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This version of 'Dacia Victa' is one of the types celebrating the conclusion the second Dacian War.
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (795, p.169); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (556, p.283) (var.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Trajan; Representation of: Dacia; Representation of: River Danube
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.11905
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (169) (795)

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