Dupondius - Nerva FORTVNA AVGVST S C, Fortuna

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.