RIC II Trajan 642, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 114–117 AD. Obverse: bust of trajan, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: trajan, laureate, in military dress, standing front, head right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground reclining figures of armenia, tigris and euphrates. Weight about 23.1 g, diameter 32.2 mm.
obverse
Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
reverse
Trajan, laureate, in military dress, standing front, head right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground reclining figures of Armenia, Tigris and Euphrates
ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE S C
specimens (24)
KENOM
21.95g
⌀33.4
6↕
KENOM
25.15g
5↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
⌀31.0
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
25.08g
6↕
KENOM
28.01g
⌀36.1
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
25.91g
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
20.90g
⌀33.4
6↕
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
22.70g
6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
21.48g
⌀33.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
19.99g
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
20.48g
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.10g
⌀17.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme
22.45g
⌀31.3
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
16.00g
⌀32.0
6↕
BnF (National Library of France)
27.12g
BnF (National Library of France)
26.47g
British Museum (RIC II)
British Museum
25.61g
6↕
British Museum
26.49g
6↕
Cite this coin
RIC II Trajan 642 (ric.2.tr.642), 114–117 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ii-trajan-642/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA