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Sestertius - Trajan TR P VII IMP IIII COS IIII DES V P P S C; Roma

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 102
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#
253385
References RIC II# 449
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.449
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Trajan, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM DACICVS P M

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

Reverse

Roma seated left; Trajan, holding spear, holding spear.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P VII IMP IIII COS IIII DES V P P S C

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Imperator Quartum, Consul Quartum, Designatus Quintum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum.
Holder of tribunician power for the seventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the fourth time, elect for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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