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113 NGC Ch AU Fine Style Trajan Roman Empire Denarius Fortuna 5/5 5/5 (23120802C)

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  • Choice Almost Uncirculated Emperor Trajan Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
  • Approx 17mm, 3.43g, RIC 319 variety (listed for aureus only), RSC 154c, Foss 66b: attributed to 113 CE.
  • Commemorative type issued to celebrate Trajan's departure for the Parthian war and prayers for a successful return.
  • Superb portrait of Trajan (aureus dies?)!
  • Certified by NGC to Ch AU, Fine Style, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5.
  • Rare with maximum sub grades and Fine Style designation!
  • Colorfully toned with lustrous fields with detailed Imperial portrait and presentation of Fortuna rudder and cornucopia. 
  • Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, half seen from front. 
  • Reverse: P M R P COS VI P P S P Q R, in ex FORT RED , Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopia.
  • Fortuna was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion.