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S0991 of Trajan

Trajan AR Denarius. Struck 115 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI P P, laureate draped bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's column: statue of Trajan atop column on base, two eagles at base of column. RIC 292, RSC 558.

Lot No.2003.

$ 125.

Trajan (98-117 AD) was responsible for a great expansion of the Roman Empire and its economy. This and his long reign have given us an abundance of coin types in the highest artistic style of Roman coin art.