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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ As (26mm, 11.34 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107-110. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Single-span bridge across river; arched tower at either end; boat in river below. RIC II 569; Woytek 316bB. Brown surfaces, some scratches, a few pits on obverse, earthen deposits on reverse. Fine.
From the Rye Collection.
The bridge on the reverse of this coin is generally thought to be that constructed across the Danube by Trajan's architect, Apollodorus of Damascus, in AD 104. There is good circumstantial evidence for this. The date range for this coin's issue is closely contemporary with the date of the bridge's construction and would fit in well programmatically with those war-related issues of the same time frame.
From the Rye Collection.
The bridge on the reverse of this coin is generally thought to be that constructed across the Danube by Trajan's architect, Apollodorus of Damascus, in AD 104. There is good circumstantial evidence for this. The date range for this coin's issue is closely contemporary with the date of the bridge's construction and would fit in well programmatically with those war-related issues of the same time frame.