Sestertius - Trajan S P Q R OB CIV SER

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 99-100
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 24.24 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#421, OCRE#ric.2.tr.421
Obverse description Head of Trajan, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest.)
Reverse description Legend within oak-wreath.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering S P Q R OB CIV SER
(Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanum Ob Cives Servatos. The senate and the Roman people to the saviour of the citizens.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (99-100) - -
Numisquare ID 8368732420
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