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Sestertius - Trajan S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C ALIM ITAL
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 103-111 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, with aegis or drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in high relief in the confident Trajanic style. The laureate wreath is rendered with prominent leaves tied at the nape with distinctive ribbons falling behind the neck. The emperor's strong, characteristically Roman features — firm jaw, prominent nose, and close-cropped hair — are depicted with great sculptural naturalism. The encircling legend reads IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Emperor Trajan enthroned left on a curule chair, holding a long sceptre in his right hand, depicted in a scene commemorating the Alimenta Italiae, his celebrated program of welfare for Italian children. Before the seated emperor stands a woman — likely personifying Italia — presenting an infant child to Trajan, while a second, slightly older child stands at her feet. The composition conveys imperial beneficence and dynastic stability. The legend S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI is distributed in the field, with S C flanking the central scene and ALIM ITAL appearing in the exergue or field. |
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| Reverse lettering | S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C ALIM ITAL (Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi. Senatus Consultum, Alimenta Italiae. The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes. Decree of the senate. Nourishment of Italy.) |
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