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RIC II Trajan 249 (aureus)

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RIC II Trajan 249 (aureus), Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 112–114 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: jupiter, naked except for cloak on right and left arms, standing left, holding thunderbolt over trajan in right hand and straight sceptre in left: trajan, togate, stands left, holding up branch in right hand. Weight about 7.0 g, diameter 19.0 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 249 (aureus)
obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right
reverse RIC II Trajan 249 (aureus)
reverse: Jupiter, naked except for cloak on right and left arms, standing left, holding thunderbolt over Trajan in right hand and straight sceptre in left: Trajan, togate, stands left, holding up branch in right hand
mint Rome weight 6.95g (4)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀19.0 (1)
denomination Aureus axis ↕ (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right

IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
reverse

Jupiter, naked except for cloak on right and left arms, standing left, holding thunderbolt over Trajan in right hand and straight sceptre in left: Trajan, togate, stands left, holding up branch in right hand

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specimens (4)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 6.87g ⌀19.0
Getty Museum 6.50g
BnF (National Library of France) 7.29g
BnF (National Library of France) 7.15g

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RIC II Trajan 249 (aureus) (ric.2.tr.249_aureus), 112–114 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-249-aureus/ (accessed: 2026-09-11). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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