Dupondius - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C; Roma and Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	103-111
Value	1 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	12.3 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253429
References	RIC II# 484 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.tr.484 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 879 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes).

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

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

Unabridged legend: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae

Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, of Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation

Reverse

Roma, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical spear, reversed, in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C

Unabridged legend: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. Senatus Consultum

Translation: The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes. Decree of the senate

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 11.3–13.33 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (103-111)

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