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Cistophorus - Nerva TR POT COS II
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 98 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and laureate bust of Emperor Nerva facing right, rendered in the restrained, classicizing style characteristic of late first-century Roman imperial portraiture. The emperor's aged features are carefully delineated, with a wreath of laurel encircling the head. The circumferential Latin legend runs around the obverse field, identifying the emperor by his full imperial titulature. The flan shows the broad, slightly irregular fabric typical of Eastern cistophoric coinage struck in Asia Minor. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT P P (Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation.) |
| Reverse description | Three legionary standards arranged in a row at the centre of the field, the middle standard surmounted by a crossbar and flanked by two signa each bearing circular medallion discs and decorated shafts composed of rows of pellets. An eagle with wings spread is depicted above the central standard, facing outward. The composition is bold and emblematic, evoking Roman military authority, and is enclosed by the circumferential reverse legend. The style and type are consistent with the cistophoric series struck at Pergamum or another Asian mint under Nerva. |
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