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RIC II Trajan 503 (sestertius)

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RIC II Trajan 503 (sestertius), Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis). Reverse: pax, draped, standing left, holding branch out and downwards in right hand and cornucopiae in left; her right foot treading down dacian whose head and shoulders only are seen. Weight about 24.7 g, diameter 31.3 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 503 (sestertius)
obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis)
reverse RIC II Trajan 503 (sestertius)
reverse: Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch out and downwards in right hand and cornucopiae in left; her right foot treading down Dacian whose head and shoulders only are seen
mint Rome weight 24.67g (12)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀31.3 (11)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (10)
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 NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
reverse

Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch out and downwards in right hand and cornucopiae in left; her right foot treading down Dacian whose head and shoulders only are seen

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (4)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 25.30g ⌀34.1 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 21.80g ⌀33.5 4↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.60g ⌀3.1
BnF (National Library of France) 26.71g

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RIC II Trajan 503 (sestertius) (ric.2.tr.503_sestertius), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-503-sestertius/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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