Reverse: Column of Trajan

Obverse: Radiate crown on a bust of Trajan

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Dupondius
Issuing Authority: Trajan
Actual Weight: 13.26 g.
Die Axis: 7
Date: ca. 112 AD - ca. 114 AD
Dimensions: 28 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Trajanic


Obverse Type: The Column of Trajan with a statue of Trajan holding the personification of Victory and a spear. On the base of column are perched two eagles.

Donor: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule

Commentary: Imperial dupondius

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 210, no. 995 (small SC)