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S0996 of Trajan

Trajan Æ Sestertius. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, lauretae bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, River god reclining left in arched grotto, resting on urn & holding reed, AQVA TRAIANA in ex. RIC 463, Cohen 20.

Lot No.9003. VF and a very scarce type. 31mm.

$ 375.

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.