Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 12.88 g, 7h). Rome mint. Group 11, AD 111. Radiate bust right, slight drapery / ΛQVΛ/ TRΛIΛNΛ in two lines in exergue, Genius of the Aqua Traiana reclining left under arched and ornamented grotto supported by two columns, holding reed and leaning on urn from which water flows. RIC II 464 var. (bust type); Woytek 360b–2. Green-brown patina, some breaks in patina on obverse, flan crack, areas of roughness. Good VF. An impressive reverse.
From the Summer Haven Collection. Ex Künker 124 (16 March 2007), lot 9046 (hammer €440).
The Aqua Traiana was dedicated in AD 109 and supplied water to the expanding trans-Tiber (west bank) suburbs of Rome.