Laureate head of Emperor Trajan, draped on left shoulder, facing right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP
TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P (Translation: Supreme commander Trajan, emperor, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power.)
Reverse description
Vesta, draped, veiled, seated left on seat without back, holding palladium (wooden statue of Pallas Athena) in extended right hand, and sceptre in left.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
COS V P
P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC VESTA (Translation: Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people. The best of princes. Vesta.)
