Another coin I like; Nerva Denarius. Jan - Sept, 97 AD. IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / FORTVNA AVGVST - Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC 16, RSC 66. Thanks for looking
NERVA AE Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, radiate head right REVERSE: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Liberty standing left, holding pileus and sceptre Struck at Rome, 97 AD 13.2g, 27mm RIC 87 NERVA AE Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P Radiate head right REVERSE: FORTVNA AVGVST S-C, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia Struck at Rome, 96AD 8.8g, 26mm RIC 61 NERVA AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right REVERSE: IVSTITIA AVGVST, Justitia seated right, holding scepter & branch Struck at Rome, 97 AD 3.2g, 20mm RIC 18, C 101
NERVA Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D. Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA. Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 This coin is listed as "rare".
Another NERVA... Denarius... RR AR Denarius A Licinius Nerva 47 BCE 3.58g Rome Fides One-armed horseman gllpng drggng naked warrior hair Cr 454-1 Syd 954
Nice denarius, @ancient times ! It'll be even nicer when it's cracked out of that slab. I have several Nerva denarii, but no Fortuna reverse types. This one, I think, is my favorite, not because it's well-preserved, but because it has the biggest nose of any of them in my collection! Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 3.21 g, 18.5 mm, 7 h. Rome, January - September, AD 97. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head, right. Rev: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands. Refs: RIC 14; BMCRE 25-26; Cohen/RSC 20; RCV 3020; CBN 15.
NERVA AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right REVERSE: CONCORDIA EXCERCITVVM, clasped hands holding legionary eagle resting on prow Struck at Rome 96 AD 2.9g, 18mm RIC 3
I really like Nerva denari, mostly because of the large portruding nose. This denarius is my only Nerva coin, but I like it the most (heh) because of the cleaning process, partly posted before here (first and second image): The coin was cleaned both mechanically and chemically, as it was encrusted with an iron oxide layer (brown coating on photo 1) with a silver chloride (or horn silver) layer below (black coating on photo 2). Transition of photo 1 to 2 was done mainly with purified citric acid solutions, transition of photo 2 to photo 3 was done using a sodium thiosulphate solution. There is still some silver chloride (grey spots) and iron oxide (brown spots) left, but I'm content with the result so far.
I found this as below in a lot of uncleaned coins. That, of course, was many years ago: Rome mint, A.D. 97 Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVST - Aquitas, standing, facing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, between S and C RIC 77 26x23mm, 11.4g.
The nose fits better on bronzes but sestertii of Nerva tend to be high priced. That explains why I selected this dupondius of the type shown as denarii by several above.
