Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 21.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Danuvius (the Danube) standing left, placing knee on Dacia, whom he forces to the ground. RIC II 556 var. (bust type); Woytek 199d; Banti 233. Green patina and brown surfaces. Near Fine. Woytek records just three examples with this rare bust type.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, with John Quincy Adams Collection ticket.