Sestertius - Nerva ANNONA AVGVST S C; Ceres and Abundantia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) (96-98)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	96
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 252500
References	RIC II# 68 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.ner.68 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Nerva, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II DESIGN III P P

Translation:
Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum, Designatus Tertium, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, elect for the third time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Ceres seated left, holding corn-ears and torch facing Abundantia holding cornucopiae; modius center; prow behind.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANNONA AVGVST S C

Translation:
Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (96)

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