Aureus - Trajan and Nerva TR P COS II P P PROVID

€1.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year98-99
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC II#28 (aureus), OCRE#ric.2.tr.28_aureus
Obverse descriptionHead of Trajan, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP 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 descriptionNerva, togate, standing left, holding roll and in left hand and handing globe in right hand to Trajan, in military dress, standing right, holding spear in left hand.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringTR P COS II P P PROVID
(Translation: Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae, Providentia. Holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Foresight.)
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MintageND (98-99)  - -
Catalog ID6301793850
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