Aureus - Trajan PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Germania

€252,886.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year98-99
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
Weight7.5 g
Dimensions18.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#15, OCRE#ric.2.tr.15
Obverse descriptionHead of Trajan, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, Germanicus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.)
Reverse descriptionGermania, bare to waist, seated left on oblong shields, holding branch in right hand and resting left arm on shields; helmet below between shields.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringPONT MAX TR POT COS II
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (98-99)  - -
Catalog ID3545645100
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