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RIC II Trajan 551

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RIC II Trajan 551, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 103–111 AD. Obverse: head of trajan, laureate, right. Reverse: trajan, bare-headed, togate, standing left on base set on dais, adorned with festoons and four eagles, holding branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left; he is crowned by victory flying left and flanked by two eagles and a captive on either side. Weight about 25.8 g.
obverse RIC II Trajan 551
obverse: Head of Trajan, laureate, right
reverse RIC II Trajan 551
reverse: Trajan, bare-headed, togate, standing left on base set on dais, adorned with festoons and four eagles, holding branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left; he is crowned by Victory flying left and flanked by two eagles and a captive on either side
mint Rome weight 25.79g (2)
ruler Trajan diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Trajan, laureate, right

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

Trajan, bare-headed, togate, standing left on base set on dais, adorned with festoons and four eagles, holding branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left; he is crowned by Victory flying left and flanked by two eagles and a captive on either side

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
specimens (3)
British Museum 27.70g 6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
BnF (National Library of France) 23.88g

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RIC II Trajan 551 (ric.2.tr.551), 103–111 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-551/ (accessed: 2026-09-03). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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