Could you please help me identify the emperor on this split denarius?

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  1. monetarium

    monetarium Member

    I can't recognize the face... Any clues?
    Many thanks! IMG_6474.JPG IMG_6475.JPG
     
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  3. monetarium

    monetarium Member

    I can spot "Nerva", but the face looks a little too young!
     
  4. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    Looks like Trajan to me?
     
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  5. kevin McGonigal

    kevin McGonigal Well-Known Member

    The name Nerva appears on coins of Trajan. Remember that Nerva adopted Trajan.
     
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  6. monetarium

    monetarium Member

    I thought so too, but it doesn't match the typical Trajan profile... nor Nerva's aquiline nose
     
  7. monetarium

    monetarium Member

    True
     
  8. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    I think I'm reading on the Obverse...
    IMP CEAS NERVA T..........ERM

    Reverse looks like Victory and I think I can see COS .....
    Hope this helps..Probably around a Trajan RIC 58 maybe, a good starting point at least...
     
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  9. monetarium

    monetarium Member

    Many thanks, Spaniard!
     
  10. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    That's Trajan to me.
     
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