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RIC II Trajan 515 (sestertius)

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RIC II Trajan 515 (sestertius), Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right. Reverse: salus, draped, seated left on throne, with patera in extended right hand feeding snake coiled up round lighted altar; left arm on arm of throne. Weight about 25.4 g, diameter 32.5 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 515 (sestertius)
obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC II Trajan 515 (sestertius)
reverse: Salus, draped, seated left on throne, with patera in extended right hand feeding snake coiled up round lighted altar; left arm on arm of throne
mint Rome weight 25.37g (6)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀32.5 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (3)
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

Salus, draped, seated left on throne, with patera in extended right hand feeding snake coiled up round lighted altar; left arm on arm of throne

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (5)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 18.53g ⌀33.0 6↕
BnF (National Library of France) 26.52g
BnF (National Library of France) 26.12g
BnF (National Library of France) 26.67g

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RIC II Trajan 515 (sestertius) (ric.2.tr.515_sestertius), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-515-sestertius/ (accessed: 2026-09-02). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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