Sestertius - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman 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	21.4 g
Diameter	29.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253417
References	RIC II# 476A Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.tr.476A 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 CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P

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

Reverse

S C in oak-wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI

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

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 10.77–28.66 g;
Diameter varies: 27–32 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (103-111)

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