Denarius - Trajan P M TR P COS IIII P P; Abundantia

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 101-102
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.1 g
Diameter 18.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
252934
References RIC II# 54,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian (AD 96 –138). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.2.tr.54
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Trajan, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, Germanicus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.

Reverse

Abundantia seated left on chair with crossed cornucopiae, holding sceptre in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P COS IIII P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 2.81–3.24 g;
Diameter varies: 18–19 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (101-102) 

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