Sestertius - Nerva FORTVNA AVGVST S C; Fortuna

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) (96-98)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	97
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	24.1 g
Diameter	32.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 252518
References	RIC II# 83 (sestertius) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.ner.83_sestertius 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 III P P

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

Reverse

Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FORTVNA AVGVST S C

Translation:
Fortuna Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Good fortune of the emperor. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 20.39–26.3 g;
Diameter varies: 32–33 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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