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RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius)

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RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius), Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right. Reverse: fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in front of prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left (sometimes there is no prow). Weight about 23.9 g, diameter 33.7 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius)
obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius)
reverse: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in front of prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left (sometimes there is no prow)
mint Rome weight 23.89g (10)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀33.7 (6)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (6)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right

IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
reverse

Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in front of prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left (sometimes there is no prow)

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (11)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 25.51g
KENOM 18.70g 6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 10.36g ⌀30.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme 26.26g ⌀36.0 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
BnF (National Library of France) 27.62g
BnF (National Library of France) 27.14g

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RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius) (ric.2.tr.500_sestertius), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-500-sestertius/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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