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Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, circa AD 103-111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Danuvius reclining to left on rocks, right hand on ship's prow; above, cloak floating; DANVVIVS in exergue. RIC II 100; BMCRE 395; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. 3.48g, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine; well detailed reverse.
From the Dr. Nicholas Lowe Collection;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 11, 29 April 1998, lot 1918.
Danuvius is depicted here as the personification of the Danube River. A great natural obstacle, it was overcome in the reign of Trajan with the construction of a great bridge which was then and (continues to be) regarded as a marvel of engineering.
Good Very Fine; well detailed reverse.
From the Dr. Nicholas Lowe Collection;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 11, 29 April 1998, lot 1918.
Danuvius is depicted here as the personification of the Danube River. A great natural obstacle, it was overcome in the reign of Trajan with the construction of a great bridge which was then and (continues to be) regarded as a marvel of engineering.