Trajan, 98-117. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.20 g, 6 h), Rome, 101-102. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM Laureate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. P M TR P COS IIII P P Mars advancing right, holding spear in his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder. BMC 96. Cohen 228. RIC 52. Woytek 104b. A lovely, sharp piece, very well centered and with beautiful iridescent toning. Virtually as struck.
From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Rauch 99, 8 December 2015, 131 and Aufhäuser 7, 9 October 1990, 411.