Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP
TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P (Translation: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), of Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.)
Reverse description
Trajan, bare-headed, in military dress, standing front on left, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left, crowned by Victory on right, standing left, holding palm upwards in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
S P Q R
OPTIMO PRINCIPI (Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes.)