Trajan. A.D. 98-117. ® as. 10.05 gm. 27 mm. Rome mint. Struck A.D. 103-111. His laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P / Single-span bridge across the Danube river with tower at either end, boat in river below; S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C. RIC II 569. Fine; light roughness; dark brown patina. A rare and desirable type, and much harder to come by in an as than in a sestertius.

Purchased from Tom Cederlind (his early tag included).

The bridge on the reverse of this coin is generally thought to be the bridge across the Danube constructed in A.D. 104 by TrajanÕs architect, Apollodorus of Damascus.