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Sestertius - Trajan FIDES EXERCIT S C

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 101-103
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 23.8 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253375
References RIC II# 439
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.439
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes with aegis).

Script: Latin

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

Trajan standing right, clasping hands with soldier, who stands with three standard bearers; altar center.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FIDES EXERCIT S C

Translation:
Fides Exercitus. Senatus Consultum.
Loyalty of the army. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (101-103) 

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