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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 11, AD 111. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / ALIM ITAL in exergue, Abundantia (or Annona) standing right, resting hand on child at her side and presenting another child to Trajan, seated left on curule chair, holding scepter. RIC II 461; Woytek 357b; Banti 12. Brown surfaces with even light roughness. VF. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 1016.
Desirous to favor the Italian people after the ravages of the civil wars, Trajan was especially nurturing toward the youth, many of whom were destitute and impoverished. At the expense of the state, these children were raised and, in some cases, adopted by the emperor himself. It was these acts to which the reverse of this type alludes, with the concept of ALIMenta ITALiae, the nourishment and resources provided to Italy, represented by the personification of Abundantia (or Annona) along with the emperor.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 1016.
Desirous to favor the Italian people after the ravages of the civil wars, Trajan was especially nurturing toward the youth, many of whom were destitute and impoverished. At the expense of the state, these children were raised and, in some cases, adopted by the emperor himself. It was these acts to which the reverse of this type alludes, with the concept of ALIMenta ITALiae, the nourishment and resources provided to Italy, represented by the personification of Abundantia (or Annona) along with the emperor.