The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-13-49-RE
Metal Type:silver
Issuing Authority:
Trajan (18 Sep 53-09 Aug 117)
Weight:2.66 g
Diameter:18.26 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
103 CE - 111 CE
Denomination: denarius
Obverse Image Description:Bust of Trajan laureate and draped, right.
Obverse Inscription:(IMP TR)AIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
Reverse Image Description:Arabia standing front facing left, holding a branch in right hand and cinnamon sticks in left hand. A camel walking left at her feet in the left field.
Reverse Inscription:COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC
Attached People:
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
Coins of the Roman Empire in the British..., page: 73, no. 297, Pl. 14.9, notes:
The Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume II..., page: 253, no. 142, Pl. VIII.136, notes:
Notes:Worn. Obverse and reverse of coin originally had a border of dots.
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16c 49 Head of Trajan
..........TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP.
Reverse a robed Figure standing,
Occo says, in it’s right Hand a Branch
or Bough, at it’s Feet struthio, an
ostritch— Qu? What in the left
Hand? of what is an ostritch
a symbol?
COS V PP. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 47 49 Head of Trajan
.... TRAIANO AVG. GER. DAC. PM. TRP.
Reverse a robed Figure holding in
his right a branch or Bough, in his
left a staff at his Feet Occo says
struthio an ostritchostrich.
COS V. PP. SPQR OPTIMO PRINC
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16c 49 Head of Trajan
..........TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP.
Reverse a robed Figure standing,
Occo says, in it’s right Hand a Branch
or Bough, at it’s Feet struthio, an
ostritch— Qu? What in the left
Hand? of what is an ostritch
a symbol?
COS V PP. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 47 49 Head of Trajan
.... TRAIANO AVG. GER. DAC. PM. TRP.
Reverse a robed Figure holding in
his right a branch or Bough, in his
left a staff at his Feet Occo says
struthio an ostritchostrich.
COS V. PP. SPQR OPTIMO PRINC
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue