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RIC II Trajan 450

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RIC II Trajan 450, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–103 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis). Reverse: trajan, togate, seated left on platform on right, on lower platform in front of him, an officer is inscribing a tessera to give to citizen on left, holding out fold of toga to receive it; in the background, a tripod and liberalitas, standing left, holding up an abacus. Weight about 24.7 g, diameter 34.1 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 450
obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis)
reverse RIC II Trajan 450
reverse: Trajan, togate, seated left on platform on right, on lower platform in front of him, an officer is inscribing a tessera to give to citizen on left, holding out fold of toga to receive it; in the background, a tripod and Liberalitas, standing left, holding up an abacus
mint Rome weight 24.69g (6)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀34.1 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (5)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis)

IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM DACICVS P M
reverse

Trajan, togate, seated left on platform on right, on lower platform in front of him, an officer is inscribing a tessera to give to citizen on left, holding out fold of toga to receive it; in the background, a tripod and Liberalitas, standing left, holding up an abacus

COS V CONGIAR SECVND S C
specimens (6)
KENOM 23.76g ⌀33.2 7↕
BnF (National Library of France) 25.26g
British Museum 26.62g 6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum 20.39g 6↕
British Museum (RIC II)

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RIC II Trajan 450 (ric.2.tr.450), 103–103 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-450/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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