RIC II Trajan 53, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 101–102 AD. Obverse: head of trajan, laureate, right. Reverse: vesta, veiled, draped, seated left on seat without back, holding patera in right hand and torch in left. Weight about 3.1 g, diameter 8.9 mm.
obverse
Head of Trajan, laureate, right
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
reverse
Vesta, veiled, draped, seated left on seat without back, holding patera in right hand and torch in left
P M TR P COS IIII P P
specimens (12)
British Museum
3.14g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
3.25g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
3.22g
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
University of Valencia
3.44g
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
⌀18.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme
KENOM — Freiberg
2.97g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
2.98g
6↕
BnF (National Library of France)
3.06g
Cite this coin
RIC II Trajan 53 (ric.2.tr.53), 101–102 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-53/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA