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Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa spring AD 113-summer 114. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Trajan's Column: column surmounted by statue of Trajan standing left, holding patera and scepter, and set on podium decorated with two eagles. RIC II 293; Woytek 425b; RSC 558a. Toned, slightly granular surfaces, a few minor marks. Good VF.
From the Benito Collection.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of the Forum Traiani, built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.
From the Benito Collection.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of the Forum Traiani, built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.