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E-Sale 98  16 Jun 2022
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Lot 1220

Estimate: 75 GBP
Price realized: 75 GBP
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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, hand on ship's prow; above, cloak floating, DANVVIVS in exergue. RIC II 100; BMCRE 395; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. 3.13g, 18mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of Z.P., Austria.

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.
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