Sestertius - Nerva PLEBEI VRBANAE FRVMENTO CONSTITVTO S C
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) (96-98)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 97 |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 23.2 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 252542 |
| References | RIC II# 103 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Nerva, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P
Translation:
Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.
Reverse
Modius standing on three short legs, containing poppy between six corn-ears, three to right, three to left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PLEBEI VRBANAE FRVMENTO CONSTITVTO S C
Translation:
Plebei Urbanae Frumento Constituto Ex Senatus Consultum.
The fixing of the supplies of grain for the plebs of Rome by decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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