RIC II Trajan 523, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped with aegis). Reverse: victory, draped, stepping left holding palm in left hand and with right hand setting a trophy upright left; trophy has two oblong shields at base (sometimes trophy has no weapons). Weight about 24.9 g, diameter 25.3 mm.
obverse
Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped with aegis)
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
reverse
Victory, draped, stepping left holding palm in left hand and with right hand setting a trophy upright left; trophy has two oblong shields at base (sometimes trophy has no weapons)
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (19)
British Museum
25.52g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
21.82g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
KENOM — Freiberg
21.11g
6↕
BnF (National Library of France)
28.23g
BnF (National Library of France)
27.24g
BnF (National Library of France)
26.28g
BnF (National Library of France)
27.28g
BnF (National Library of France)
26.12g
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
24.48g
6↕
British Museum
25.59g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
25.44g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
23.12g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
Cite this coin
RIC II Trajan 523 (ric.2.tr.523), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-523/ (accessed: 2026-09-04). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA