RIC II Trajan 523
Denomination: sestertius
Material: ae
Authority: trajan
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0103 to 0111
Obverse legend: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped with aegis)
Obverse portrait: trajan
Reverse legend: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
Reverse: Victory, draped, stepping left holding palm in left hand and with right hand setting a trophy upright left; trophy has two oblong shields at base (sometimes trophy has no weapons)
Reverse portrait: victory