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Celebrates the games held for of the reopening of Circus Maximus in 103 AD after it had burnt down in 80 AD

Issuing Authority

Rome

Emperor

Trajan

Denomination

Sestertius

Metal

AE

Obverse Legend

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

Obverse Description

Head with laurel wreath on the right

Reverse Legend

S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C

Reverse Description

Aerial view of the Circus Maximus.

Foreground: Arcades with a final arc on the right, a quadriga on the right, and another quadriga arch at the other end

Background: The rear boundary of the circus with the spectators, including the temple of Sol with four-columned front; in the arena on the spina of the great obelisk built by Augustus, at the end left and right the Metae, in the interstices the equestrian statue of Traianus and the Shrine of Cybele

Mint

Rome

RIC

II 571

Cohen

545

BMCRE

853

Weight

24.13g - 26.86g

Date

103 AD - 104 AD

References

1. RIC II 571
2. Cohen 545
3. BMCRE 853