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Sestertius - Trajan TR POT COS II P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 98-99 |
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| Weight | 25.77 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the Emperor Trajan on horseback, advancing to the right, his right arm raised and wielding a spear in a commanding martial posture. Directly behind the emperor rides a cavalryman, while in the foreground a soldier strides forward carrying a military standard. The group composition conveys imperial military prowess and dynastic authority. The abbreviated legend TR POT COS II P P S C appears in the field and exergue, with the large senatorial SC mark flanking the central scene. |
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| Reverse lettering | TR POT COS II P P S C (Translation: Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum. Holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, father of the nation, decree of the senate.) |
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Struck in the opening months of Trajan's reign, this sestertius falls within the window between Nerva's death in January 98 and Trajan's assumption of his second consulship — a transitional moment when the new emperor was still in Germania commanding the Rhine armies and had not yet returned to Rome. The Senate awarded him the title Optimus Princeps years later; these early issues predate any such honors.
The orichalcum fabric of sestertii from this period was tightly controlled under Trajanic reform, and the large module was specifically chosen to carry detailed senatorial legend — the S C reflecting the Senate's nominal monetary authority over base metal coinage.