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Dupondius - Nerva FORTVNA AVGVST S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 97 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P (Translation: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.) |
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| Mintage | ND (97) |
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Nerva's reign lasted just fifteen months, cut short by his death in January 98 AD, which makes any issue from his brief principate inherently scarce by volume alone. The Fortuna Augusta type was a deliberate piece of messaging: Nerva came to power immediately after Domitian's assassination, installed by the Senate with no military backing whatsoever, and his early coinage leaned heavily on themes of providence and divine favor — an implicit argument that the gods endorsed what was essentially a senatorial coup.
He died before Trajan ever set foot in Rome to assume power in person.