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RIC II Trajan 538

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RIC II Trajan 538, Dupondius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, radiate, draped on left shoulder, right. Reverse: trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, riding right, thrusting spear at dacian in front of horse. Weight about 11.0 g, diameter 27.0 mm.
obverse RIC II Trajan 538
obverse: Bust of Trajan, radiate, draped on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC II Trajan 538
reverse: Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, riding right, thrusting spear at Dacian in front of horse
mint Rome weight 11.03g (9)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀27.0 (4)
denomination Dupondius axis 6↕ (7)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

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

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

Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, riding right, thrusting spear at Dacian in front of horse

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (12)
KENOM 9.96g 5↕
British Museum 11.43g 7↕
British Museum (RIC II)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 9.44g ⌀27.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme 9.20g ⌀25.0 6↕
BnF (National Library of France) 11.58g
British Museum 14.62g 6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum 10.18g 6↕
British Museum (RIC II)

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RIC II Trajan 538 (ric.2.tr.538), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-538/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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