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Sestertius - Trajan CONSERVATORI PATRISPATRIAE S C; Jupiter

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 114-117
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 24 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253616
References RIC II# 643
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.643
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped).

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Optimo, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and shielding Trajan, holding branch.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONSERVATORI PATRISPATRIAE S C

Translation:
Conservatori Patris Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
To the protector of the father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (114-117) 

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