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Unique ID: LVPL-F533F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver denarius of Trajan, (98-117AD).
Rome, AD 98-9
Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM; laureate bust right.
Rev: PONT MAX (POT) COS II; Abundantia seated left, holding sceptre on chair formed by two crossed cornucopiae, holding sceptre.
RIC II, p. 245, no. 11
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 98
Date to: Circa AD 99
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.98 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 17.92 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right.
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
Reverse description: Abundantia seated left, holding sceptre on chair formed by two crossed cornucopiae, holding sceptre.
Reverse inscription: PONT MAX (POT) COS II
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.