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Sestertius - Trajan SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS S C

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 103-111
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 23.87 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253415
References RIC II# 475
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.475
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P

Unabridged legend: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae.

Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, of Nerva Trajan, emperor, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Column with two eagles at base and owl on top.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS
S C

Unabridged legend: Senatus Populusque Romanus. Senatus Consultum.

Translation: The senate and the Roman people. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

RIC describes the bust as with aegis rather than draped on left shoulder. RIC references Cohen, who cites a coin in Paris (BnF) which is draped on left shoulder.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (103-111) 

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