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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 107-109. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, arched, single-span bridge with seven posts across Danube River; single-bay arches at either end, surmounted by statues; boat sailing left in river below. RIC II 569; Woytek 314bC; Strack 385; Banti 262. Pale green surfaces, lighter highlights, some smoothing. Near VF.
From the Summer Haven Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 146 (6 March 2006), lot 447; Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 2091; Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 297.
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 Summer Haven Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 146 (6 March 2006), lot 447; Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 2091; Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 297.
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.