Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 10, Cluster 2, circa mid AD 107-108. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / DΛNVVIVS in exergue, Danube reclining left on rocks, head right, cloak floating above, hand on prow of ship and resting arm on urn. RIC II 100; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. Toned, traces of deposits. Near VF.
Ex Phil Peck Collection.
Danuvius is the personification of the Danube River. The building of a bridge over the river during Trajan's reign was a marvel of engineering.