Trajan – Altar

Trajan – Altar
Silver antoninianus (= double denarius), Rome, 249 - 251 A.D.
   
Obv. DIVO TRAIANO; Radiate bust of Divus Trajan r., with drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev. CONSECRATIO; Altar-enclosure with double panelled doors, flames rising from the top of the altar, sometimes with horns visible on either side.

   

   RIC (Decius) 86a; RSC (Trajan) cf. 664-664a
   
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 64), 17.5.2012, lot 1167


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