Denarius - Nerva COS II DESIGN III P P; Diana

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) (96-98)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	96
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.1 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 252420
References	RIC II# 11 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.ner.11 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Nerva, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP NERVA CAES AVG PONT MAX TR P

Translation:
Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power.

Reverse

Diana, wearing short tunic, running right, with right hand drawing arrow from quiver on back and holding bow in left; behind her on right, a dog, running right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: COS II DESIGN III P P

Translation:
Consul Secundum, Designatus Tertium, Pater Patriae.
consul for the second time, elect for the third time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.06–3.11 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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