Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, AD 107-108. 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. 2.77g, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine; attractive, glossy old cabinet tone.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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.