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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ As (27mm, 15.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-115. Laureate bust right / Abundantia (or Annona) standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and cornucopia; to left, togate child standing facing. RIC II 605; Woytek 446b; BMCRE 1006. Green patina, slightly rough on reverse. VF. Rare.
From the Richard L. Horst Collection.
This type commemorates a welfare program instituted by Nerva and continued by Trajan, termed Alimenta Italia, to provide aid to Italy's orphaned and destitute children, specifically in the way of food and subsidized education. The surprisingly modern-sounding program was funded by interest on government loans for large scale agriculture.
From the Richard L. Horst Collection.
This type commemorates a welfare program instituted by Nerva and continued by Trajan, termed Alimenta Italia, to provide aid to Italy's orphaned and destitute children, specifically in the way of food and subsidized education. The surprisingly modern-sounding program was funded by interest on government loans for large scale agriculture.