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Nerva Fortuna P R Denarius

Specimen · nerva-fortuna-pr-denarius-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — laureate head of Nerva right, IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P: the long neck, the hooked nose and the down-turned mouth fully modelled — the face the want card said to buy. The 'scuff' is the hairline on the neck below the ear. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63088.

Reverse
Reverse — FORTVNA P R, Fortuna seated left on a chair with two grain ears in her right hand and a transverse spear in her left. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63088.

Grading Label

Grading Label
The NGC holder, front — label and obverse. ROMAN EMPIRE · Nerva, AD 96–98 · AR Denarius (3.38g) · rv Fortuna std. · Ch VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, scuff · certification 8748463-021. Heritage's credit strip trimmed from the bottom; otherwise as supplied. Heritage supplied a second photograph of the same front; no photograph of the back was supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63088.

Attribution: Italy. Rome. Nerva. AD 97 (COS III; reign 18 September 96 – 27 January 98). AR. denarius.

Obverse: Laureate head of Nerva right

Reverse: Fortuna seated left on a chair, holding two grain ears in her right hand and a transverse spear in her left

Weight: 3.38 g (slab label) (The NGC label's figure, repeated by the house. The coin is sealed and staying sealed, so this is the best weight that will ever exist for it.) · 18 mm · axis 180°  Reference: RIC II 17

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