Cistophorus - Trajan COS II
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
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|---|---|
| Emperor |
Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 98-117 |
| Value | Cistophorus = 3 Drachms = 3 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 253692 |
| References | RIC II# 716 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.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 P M
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest.
Reverse
Bundle of corn-ears tied together.
Script: Latin
Lettering: COS II
Translation:
Consul Secundum.
Consul for the second time.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (98-117) | |||||||||||||||
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