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Sestertius - Trajan TR POT COS II S C; Pax

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 98-99
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 28.61 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253324
References RIC II# 391
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.391
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Trajan, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP NERVA CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM P M

Translation:
Imperator Nerva Caesar Traianus Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Nerva, Caesar, Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest.

Reverse

Pax, draped, seated left on throne, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT COS II S C

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum, Senatus Consultum.
Holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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