TRAJAN

Full name: Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus

Roman Emperor: 98–117 AD

Dynasty: Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Roman Provincial Coin

Bronze, 16.09 g, 33.1 mm.

Pontus. Trapezus.

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΝƐΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡ ΔΑ.

Laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, wearing a paludamentum, facing left.

Reverse: ΤΡΑΠƐΖΟΥΝΤΙⲰΝ ƐΤΟΥϹ Ν.

Draped bust of Mithras, facing right, wearing a radiate Phrygian cap.

Legend translations.

ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΝƐΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡ ΔΑ — Autokrator Kaisar Nerva Traianos Sebastos Germanikos Dakikos. Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus, Germanicus and Dacicus.

ΤΡΑΠƐΖΟΥΝΤΙⲰΝ ƐΤΟΥϹ Ν — Trapezountiōn etous nʹ. Of the Trapezuntians, year 50.