Quadrans - Trajan S C

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 114-117
Value 1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253671
References RIC II# 695,
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.695
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Trajan, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus.

Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Nerva Trajan, emperor.

Reverse

Boar right with head down.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S C

Unabridged legend: Senatus Consultum.

Translation: Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

The coin illustrated is from Plate XXIII of the J Schulman auction catalogue “AES Grave, Collection of ML Vierordt Part 1”, 5 March 1923.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (114-117) 

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