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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (26.8mm, 13.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-Summer 114. Radiate and draped bust right / Trajan's Column: column with spirals and dots set on podium decorated with eagles, surmounted by statue of Trajan, holding patera and scepter. RIC II 603 var. (bust type); Woytek 473v. Near VF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red, obverse roughness.
From the WRG Collection.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of his Forum, the greatest of the Imperial Fora, which was built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the Forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.
From the WRG Collection.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of his Forum, the greatest of the Imperial Fora, which was built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the Forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.