DIVUS NERVA

DIVUS NERVA. Commemorative AE 25 of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck A.D. 98 - 99 under Trajan. Obv: DIVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS. Laureate head of Nerva facing right. Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER. Nerva, as priest-founder, ploughing with yoke of oxen right. Diameter: 25mm | Weight: 13.6gms | Die Axis: 12 BMC : 81 (Phoenicia) | GICV : 950. RARE This coin was struck by Trajan shortly after the death of Nerva.