Trajan. Denarius.
98-117 AD. Denarius, 3.68g (6h). Rome, c. 110 AD. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: COS V P P SPQ[R OPTI]MO PRINC Victory, fully clothed, standing left holding wreath and palm. MIR 288b (87 spec.). BM 335. Rev. type var. of Paris 469, Cohen 74 ( 2 Fr.), and RIC 128. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Harlan Berk, May 2002. The same type but with Victory half naked had been struck a couple of years earlier, MIR 270. Mint State.