Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Trajan

Art Institute of Chicago

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Trajan

Roman

Date
Roman Period, 98-117
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin portrays the Emperor Trajan facing right. On the back the figure of Victory walks left, holding a wreath in her extended right hand.

The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.

Linked open data

Authority identifiers that link this record into the wider web of cultural data — stable references you can follow to the source.

Object type
AAT300037334

Related across collections

Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.