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Ruler: | Nerva |
Reigned: | 18th Sept. 96 AD - 28th Jan. 98 AD |
Denomination: | AR Denarius |
Mint: | Rome |
Date of Issue: | Jan-Sept 97 AD |
Obverse: | Laureate bust right. "IMP. NERVA CAES. AVG. P.M. TR. P. COS. III P.P" |
Reverse: | Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucpiae. "FOP[R]TVNA AVGVST" (blundered legend) |
Reference: | RCVM 2025, RSC 66, RIC II 16 |
Weight: | 3.3 gms |
Diameter: | 17.8 mm |
Comment: |
Found Waddington, Lincolnshire, a few miles southeast of Lincoln. OS Grid Ref: SK9965 (limited) Recorded on Portable Antiquities Scheme database , Find No. LIN-4FEED8 The coin has been submitted to the British Museum, who believe it to be an official issue rather than (because of blundered legend) a contemporary copy. The reverse die was probably re-cut. |
NERVA (Marcus Cocceius Nerva)
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