Denarius - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI VESTA; Vesta

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	111
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253138
References	RIC II# 237 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.tr.237 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V DES VI P P

Translation:
Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Designatus Sextum, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, elect for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Vesta, veiled, draped, seated left on chair without back, holding palladium in right hand and transverse sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI VESTA

Translation:
Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. Vesta.
The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes. Vesta.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.81–3.45 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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