IMP
CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC (Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Optimo, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians.)
Reverse description
Column of Trajan surmounted with a statue of Trajan; two eagles at base and a wreath with spirals and dots on column.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P COS VI P P S P Q R (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation. The senate and the Roman people.)