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Object Type
Museum number: R.6046
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Trajan's Column surmounted with statue of the Emperor, at base, two eagles. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 112-117
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 19 millimetres; Weight: 7.210 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The monumental column of the emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) was built around AD 106-113 to celebrate the victory of Trajan in two wars of conquest against the Dacians. This coin shows the original appearance of the Column, with a statue of the emperor on the top which is now lost; it is replaced by an image of St Peter.
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (449, p.93); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (292, p.264)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; monument
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Trajan's Column
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.6046
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (93) (449)

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