Reverse: Radiate head of Sol

Obverse: Laureate bust of Trajan

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Gold
Denomination: Aureus
Issuing Authority: Trajan
Actual Weight: 7.227 g.
Date: exact 112 AD - exact 117 AD
Dimensions: 20 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Trajanic


Obverse Type: Bust of radiate Sol (Sun), draped, facing right

Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund

Commentary: Imperial aureus

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 121, nos. 621-632; pl. 20.12; Perkins Collection 1902, 101, 20; Cohen 1880-1892, 2, Trajan no. 187