Sestertius - Trajan TR POT COS III P P S C

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 22.5 g
Diameter 32 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#419, OCRE#ric.2.tr.419
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 Triumphal arch with frieze decorated with six statues, surmounted by two chariots.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering TR POT COS III P P S C
(Translation: Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum. Holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time, father of the nation, decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (99-100) - -
Numisquare ID 8700574020
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