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Object Type
Museum number: R.6670
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Trajan, laureate, right. (obverse); Germania, bare to waist, with long hair braided, seated left on oblong shields, holding branch, below shields, a helmet. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 98-99
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.490 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The reverse type recalls Trajan's military successes in Germany before his sucession.
Bibliographic references: RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (8, p.32); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (534); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (15, p.246)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Trajan; Representation of: Germania/Germany
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1832
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.6670
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (32) (8)

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