- Very Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Emperor Nerva 97 CE at the Rome Mint.
- RIC 16, RSC 66, approx. 17mm.
- Emperor Nerva, adopted father of Emperor Trajan, ruled the Empire for only 16 months. His coinage is scarce.
- Realistic portrait with prominent nose.
- Certified by NGC to VF.
- Obverse: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right.
- Reverse: FORTVNA AVGVST, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Fortuna was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion.
- Historical Note: Fortuna functioned as a deliberate counter-narrative to crisis. Struck during 97 CE (a volatile year marked by the Casperius Aelianus Praetorian Guard mutiny and Nerva's subsequent adoption of Trajan), the use of Fortuna framed his precarious political survival as a matter of divine steering and shared prosperity rather than weakness.
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