RIC II Trajan 500 (sestertius)
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, draped on left shoulder, right
Obverse portrait: trajan
Reverse legend: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C
Reverse: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in front of prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left (sometimes there is no prow)
Reverse portrait: fortuna