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Dupondius with bust of Trajan
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 103–111
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 12.37 gm.
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.422
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right, with drapery on left shoulder.
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Reverse: Annona, draped, standing left, holding two ears of grain over modius with ears of grain, left, and cornucopiae in left hand; at right, prow of ship.
SPQ[ROPTIMO]PRINCIPI S C to left and right in field.
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Reverse: Annona, draped, standing left, holding two ears of grain over modius with ears of grain, left, and cornucopiae in left hand; at right, prow of ship.
SPQ[ROPTIMO]PRINCIPI S C to left and right in field.
ProvenanceDecember, 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari at Cerveteri, Italy and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 – d. 1929), Rome; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [purchase price for MFA accession nos. 88.345 – 88.530]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1888)
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.