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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.54 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112/3-114. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Via Traiana reclining left, head right, resting elbow on rock, holding wheel balanced on knee with right hand, cradling branch in left arm. RIC II 636; Woytek 476b2; Banti 347. Tiber patina, porous obverse. Near Fine.
From the James Wolcott Hanner Collection.
The Via Traiana, constructed at Trajan's own expense between AD 109 and 113, replaced the Via Appia as the usual route between Brindisium to Beneventum, serving as an important link between Rome and the East.
From the James Wolcott Hanner Collection.
The Via Traiana, constructed at Trajan's own expense between AD 109 and 113, replaced the Via Appia as the usual route between Brindisium to Beneventum, serving as an important link between Rome and the East.