Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP
CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P (Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, of Nerva 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, togate, standing left on base set on dais, adorned with festoons and four eagles, holding branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left; he is crowned by Victory flying left and flanked by two eagles and a captive on either side.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
S P Q R
OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C (Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. Senatus Consultum. The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes. Decree of the senate.)