Nerva. Sestertius; Nerva; 96-98 AD, Rome, Late 96 AD, Sestertius, 29.40g. Cf. BM-90 (earlier issue). Obv: [IMP NERVA] CAES AVG P M TR P - COS II DESIGN III P P Head laureate r. Rx: FORTVN[A] P R on l. and r., S C in exergue, Fortuna seated l. holding wheat ears and transverse scepter. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex NAC H, 1998, part 2432. Part of Nerva's rare second issue of sestertii in 96 AD, calling him consul designate for the third time. Not in BMC or the Paris catalogue with this Fortuna seated reverse type, although another specimen, from different dies, was in Kricheldorf 40, 1987, 101.reverse porosity. gVF / Fine